horrificus

Ζωῆς πονηρᾶς θάνατος αἱρετώτερος → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Dem schlechten Leben vorzuziehen ist der Tod

Menander, Monostichoi, 193

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

horrĭfĭcus: a, um, adj. horror-facio,
I that causes tremor or terror, terrible, dreadful, frightful, horrific (poet. and in postAug. prose): bustum, Lucr. 3, 906: letum, Verg. A. 12, 851: ruinae (Aetnae), id. ib. 3, 571: lapsu (Harpyiarum), id. ib. 3, 225: fulmen, Val. Fl. 2, 97: acta, id. 3, 423: caesaries, Luc. 2, 372: poena, Gell. 20, 1 fin.— Adv.: horrĭfĭcē, in a manner to cause dread, with affright: horrifice fertur divinae Matris imago, Lucr. 2, 609; 4, 36.

horrĭfĭcus,¹⁴ a, um (horreo, facio), effrayant, affreux : Lucr. 3, 906 ; Virg. En. 3, 571 ; Gell. 20, 1.

horrificus, a, um (horror u. facio), I) struppig gemacht, struppig, caesaries, Lucan. 2, 372. – II) Schaudern-, Grausen-, Entsetzen erregend, grausenhaft, entsetzlich, schrecklich, bustum, Lucr.: letum, Verg.: poena, Gell.: dies, v. Todestag, Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 2483.

horrificus horrifica, horrificum ADJ :: awful, horrible, dreadful; frightening, chilling, exciting terror