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|lshtext=<b>horrĭbĭlis</b>: e, adj. [[horreo]],<br /><b>I</b> [[terrible]], [[fearful]], [[dreadful]], [[horrible]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[quod]] hanc tam tetram, tam horribilem tamque infestam rei publicae pestem toties jam effugimus, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11: homini accidere [[nihil]] posse, [[quod]] [[sit]] horribile aut pertimescendum, id. Fam. 5, 21 fin.: [[species]], * Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 2: [[spectaculum]], Sall. J. 101, 11: [[sonitus]], id. ib. 99, 2: di magni, horribilem et [[sacrum]] libellum! Cat. 14, 12: [[tempestas]], Cic. Rep. 2, 6: formidines, id. Fin. 1, 19, 63: horribiles miserosque [[casus]], id. de Or. 3, 3, 11: [[Mars]] ([[stella]]) [[rutilus]] horribilisque terris, id. Rep. 6, 17: illud [[vero]] fuit horribile, [[quod]] [[vereor]], ne, etc., id. de Or. 1, 61, 258: horribile est causam capitis dicere, horribilius priore [[loco]] dicere, id. Quint. 31, 95.—<br /><b>II</b> In [[colloquial]] lang., [[sometimes]] in a [[good]] [[sense]], [[astonishing]], [[amazing]], [[tremendous]]: sed hoc [[τέρας]] (i. e. Cæsar) horribili [[vigilantia]], celeritate, [[diligentia]] est, Cic. Att. 8, 9 fin.: [[uterque]] juravit, [[inter]] nos periturum esse tam horribile secretum, Petr. 21, 3.—Hence, adv.: horrĭbĭlĭter, [[amazingly]]; in a [[good]] [[sense]]: horribiliter scripsisti hanc orationem, M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 6 Mai.; August. Civ. Dei, 1, 8 fin.