1. horrĕo — Lewis & Short
horrĕo, ui, ēre, v. n. and
I a. [for horseo, kindred to Sanscr. hrish, to stand erect, to bristle], to stand on end, stand erect, to bristle.
I Lit. (for the most part only poet.;
not in Ciceron. prose): in corpore pili, ut arista in spica hordei, horrent,Varr. L. L. 6, § 49 Müll.; cf.:
et setae densis similes hastilibus horrent,Ov. M. 8, 285:
saepe horrere sacros doluit Latona capillos,Tib. 2, 3, 23:
horrentibus per totum corpus villis,Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150:
horrentes barbae,Petr. 99:
horrentibus scopulis gradum inferre,Plin. Pan. 81, 1:
horrentes rubi,Verg. G. 3, 315:
horrentibus hastis,id. A. 10, 178:
horrebant densis aspera crura pilis,Ov. F. 2, 348:
rigidis setis,id. M. 13, 846:
horret capillis ut marinus asperis Echinus aut currens aper,Hor. Epod. 5, 27:
pervigil ecce draco squamis crepitantibus horrens Sibilat,Ov. H. 12, 101: densantur campis horrentia tela virorum, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P. (Ann. v. 288 Vahl.); cf.: hastis longis campus splendet et horret, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Sat. v. 15 Vahl.); imitated Verg. A. 11, 602 Serv.; Liv. 44, 41, 6: mare cum horret fluctibus, is ruffled, rough, Att. ap. Non. 422, 33:
duris cautibus horrens Caucasus,Verg. A. 4, 366:
silvis horrentia saxa fragosis,Ov. M. 4, 778. —
II Transf.
A To move in an unsteady, shaking manner.
1 In gen., to shake, tremble (very rare):
corpus ut impulsae segetes Aquilonibus horret,Ov. H. 10, 139; cf. horresco.—
2 In partic.
a To shake, shiver with cold, rigere (poet. and very rare):
saepe etiam dominae, quamvis horrebis et ipse, Algentis manus est calfacienda sinu,Ov. A. A. 2, 213:
horrenti tunicam non reddere servo,Juv. 1, 93:
sola pruinosis horret facundia pannis,Petr. 83.—
b To tremble, shudder, quake with fright; more freq. as a verb. act., with an object, to shudder or be frightened at, to tremble at, be afraid of (the class. signif. of the word, equally freq. in prose and poetry; cf.: exsecror, abominor, aversor, abhorreo, odi, exhorresco).
(a) Absol.:
totus, Parmeno, Tremo horreoque, postquam aspexi hanc,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4: Ph. Extimuit tum illa? Me. Horret corpus, cor salit, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 9:
arrectis auribus horrent Quadrupedes monstrique metu turbantur,Ov. M. 15, 516:
scilicet horreres majoraque monstra putares, si mulier vitulum ederet,Juv. 2, 122.—
(b) With acc.:
si qui imbecillius horrent dolorem et reformidant,Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:
deorum (conscientiam) horrere,id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:
judicium et crimen,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 74; cf.:
ingrati animi crimen,id. Att. 9, 2, A, 2:
ipsam victoriam,id. Fam. 7, 3, 2: Ariovisti crudelitatem, * Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4:
nomen ipsum accusatoris,Quint. 12, 7, 1:
fragilitatis humanae vires,Plin. Pan. 27, 1:
pauperiem,Hor. S. 2, 5, 9:
onus,id. Ep. 1, 17, 39:
iratum mare,id. Epod. 2, 6:
nutum divitis,id. Ep. 1, 18, 11:
strictas secures trepida cervice,Sil. 6, 695 et saep.:
te Negligit aut horret,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 64; cf.:
quem dives amicus odit et horret,id. ib. 1, 18, 25:
horrent admotas vulnera cruda manus,Ov. P. 1, 3, 16:
aciem ac tela horrere,Liv. 21, 53, 2; Curt. 7, 8, 4; 9, 2, 33:
illam, quam laudibus effert, horrere,to loathe, Juv. 6, 183. —
(g) With an inf. or relat.-clause:
ego vestris armis armatus non horrui in hunc locum progredi,Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 101:
horreo dicere,Liv. 7, 40, 9:
horret animus referre,id. 2, 37, 6; 28, 29, 4; Lact. 7, 15, 11; 6, 17, 7:
dominatio tanto in odio est omnibus, ut quorsus eruptura sit, horreamus,Cic. Att. 2, 21, 1; 1, 27, 1:
quemadmodum accepturi sitis, horreo,id. Phil. 7, 3, 8.—
(d) With ne:
eo plus horreo, ne illae magis res nos ceperint, quam nos illas,Liv. 34, 4, 3.—
c To shudder with amazement, to be astonished, amazed (very rare):
quae mehercule ego, Crasse, cum tractantur in causis, horrere soleo,Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188:
animo horrere,id. Dom. 55, 140:
cogitatione,Curt. 9, 6, 12; cf. horrendus, 2.—
B To be of a rough or frightful appearance; to look rough, look frightful; to be terrible, dreadful, horrid (rare; mostly poet.):
possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra,Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19: quaedam loca frigoribus hiemis intolerabiliter horrent, Col. 1, 4, 9; German. Progn. 2, 158; cf.: nec fera tempestas toto tamen horret in anno. Ov. F. 1, 495:
Phoebus,Stat. Th. 4, 1.—
2 Trop.:
horrebant saevis omnia verba minis,Ov. R. Am. 664.—Hence,
A horrens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.), bristly, shaggy, rough (poet. and very rare):
horrens Arcadius sus,Lucr. 5, 25:
horrentique atrum nemus imminet umbra,Verg. A. 1, 165:
horrentes Marte Latinos,id. ib. 10, 237:
horrensque feris altaribus Esus,Luc. 1, 445.—
B hor-rendus, a, um, P. a.
1 (Acc. to II. A. 2. b.) Dreadful, terrible, fearful, terrific, horrible (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
horrendum et dictu video mirabile monstrum,Verg. A. 3, 26:
truces horrendaeque imagines,Plin. Pan. 52, 5:
silva invia atque horrenda,Liv. 9, 36, 1:
Roma,Hor. C. 3, 3, 45:
rabies,id. S. 2, 3, 323:
diluvies,id. C. 4, 14, 27:
tempestas (with foeda),Vell. 2, 100, 2:
nox,Ov. F. 6, 140:
vox,Val. Fl. 1, 210; cf.:
lex erat horrendi carminis,Liv. 1, 26, 6:
juvenis Parthis horrendus,Hor. S. 2, 5, 62:
pallor utrasque Fecerat horrendas aspectu,id. ib. 1, 8, 26:
res horrenda relatu,Ov. M. 15, 298:
horrendum dictu!Verg. A. 4, 454.—Neutr. adv.:
belua Lernae Horrendum stridens,Verg. A. 6, 288:
arma Horrendum sonuere,id. ib. 9, 732;
12, 700: intonet horrendum,Juv. 6, 485.—Plur.:
horrenda circumsonantibus Alemannis,Amm. 27, 10, 10.—
2 In a good sense, wonderful, awful, venerable (poet.):
horrenda virgo (Camilla),Verg. A. 11, 507:
horrendae procul secreta Sibyllae,id. ib. 6, 10:
tectum augustum, ingens ... Horrendum silvis et religione parentum,id. ib. 7, 172. —Adv.: horrendē, dreadfully, Vulg. Sap. 6, 5; 17, 3.