horrĭdus — Lewis & Short
horrĭdus, a, um, adj.horreo,
I standing on end, sticking out, rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly:
non hac barbula, qua ista delectatur, sed illa horrida, quam in statuis antiquis et imaginibus videmus,Cic. Cael. 14, 33:
caesaries,Ov. M. 10, 139:
pluma,id. Am. 2, 6, 5:
apes horridi pili,Col. 9, 3, 1; cf.:
apes horridae aspectu,Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 59:
sus,Verg. G. 4, 407; cf.:
videar tibi amarior herbis, Horridior rusco,id. E. 7, 42:
densis hastilibus horrida myrtus,id. A. 3, 23; cf.:
arbor spinis,Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67:
horrida siccae silva comae,Juv. 9, 12. —
II Transf., in gen., rough, rude, rugged, wild, savage, horrid.
A Lit.:
horrida signis chlamys,Val. Fl. 5, 558 (for which:
aspera signis pocula,Verg. A. 9, 263:
membra videres Horrida paedore,Lucr. 6, 1269:
pecudis jecur horridum et exile,Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30:
horrida villosa corpora veste tegant,Tib. 2, 3, 75:
pastor,Ov. M. 1, 514:
Ilia cultu,id. Am. 3, 6, 47; cf.:
Acestes in jaculis et pelle Libystidis ursae,Verg. A. 5, 37:
Silvanus,Hor. C. 3, 29, 22: Africa terribili tremit horrida terra tumultu, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 153 Müll. (Ann. v. 311 Vahl.); cf.:
Aetnensis ager et campus Leontinus sic erat deformis atque horridus, ut, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47 fin.:
horridior locus,Ov. P. 1, 3, 83:
silva fuit, late dumis atque ilice nigra Horrida,Verg. A. 9, 382:
sedes Taenari,Hor. C. 1, 34, 10:
argumenta, velut horrida et confragosa, vitantes,Quint. 5, 8, 1:
inde senilis Hiems tremulo venit horrida passu,Ov. M. 15, 212; cf.:
cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,Verg. A. 9, 670:
bruma,id. G. 3, 442:
December,Mart. 7, 36, 5:
stiria,Verg. G. 3, 366:
grando,id. ib. 1, 449:
tempestas,Hor. Epod. 13, 1; Varr. ap. Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 349:
fluctus,Hor. Epod. 10, 3; cf.:
aequora,id. C. 3, 24, 40.—Poet.: si premerem ventosas horridus Alpes, qs. enveloped in horror, shuddering, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 19.—Of taste:
sapor,harsh, raw, Plin. 34, 13, 33, § 129; cf. id. 13, 4, 9, § 43:
ruta silvestris horrida ad effectum est,id. 20, 13, 61, § 131: (litterae) succedunt tristes et horridae ... in hoc ipso frangit multo fit horridior (littera sexta nostrarum), Quint. 12, 10, 28 sq. —
2 Esp., with dishevelled hair:
si magna Asturici cecidit domus, horrida mater,Juv. 3, 212:
paelex,id. 2, 57.—
B Trop.
1 Rough in character or manners, rude, blunt, stern, unpolished, uncouth:
huncine hominem te amplexari tam horridum,Plaut. Truc. 5, 41:
ut vita sic oratione durus, incultus, horridus,Cic. Brut. 31, 117; cf.:
vir paulo horridior et durior,Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 5: spernitur orator bonus, horridus miles amatur, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 273 Vahl.):
non ille, quamquam Socraticis madet Sermonibus, te negliget horridus,Hor. C. 3, 21, 10:
fidens juventus horrida bracchiis,id. ib. 3, 4, 50:
Germania,id. ib. 4, 5, 26:
gens,Verg. A. 7, 746:
horridus irā (Boreas), etc.,Ov. M. 6, 685:
vita,Cic. Quint. 30, 93:
virtus,Sil. 11, 205; Stat. Th. 5, 172:
aspera, tristi, horrida oratione,Cic. Or. 5, 20; cf.:
horridiora verba,id. Brut. 17, 68:
sermo,Quint. 9, 4, 3:
quaedam genera dicendi horridiora,id. 12, 10, 10:
numerus Saturnius,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 157:
ita de horridis rebus nitida est oratio tua,Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 51:
(antiquorum imitatores) fient horridi atque jejuni,Quint. 2, 5, 21.—
2 With the predominating idea of an effect produced, causing tremor or horror, terrible, frightful, horrid (rare, and mostly poet. for the class. horribilis): horridiore aspectu esse, * Caes. B. G. 5, 14, 2; cf. in a Greek construction with an inf.:
et desit si larga Ceres, tunc horrida cerni,Luc. 3, 347:
turba horrida aspici,Sen. Q. N. 3, 19:
vis horrida teli,Lucr. 3, 170:
acies,Verg. A. 10, 408:
castra,id. E. 10, 23:
proelia,id. G. 2, 282:
arma,Ov. M. 1, 126:
virga (mortis),Hor. C. 1, 24, 16:
fata,Verg. A. 11, 96:
jussa,id. ib. 4, 378:
paupertas,Lucr. 6, 1282:
aquilae ac signa, pulverulenta illa et cuspidibus horrida,Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23.— Hence, adv.: horrĭdē (acc. to II. B.), roughly, savagely, severely, sternly:
vixit semper inculte atque horride,Cic. Quint. 18, 59:
horride inculteque dicere,id. Or. 9, 28; cf. Quint. 10, 2, 17:
ornamentis utetur horridius,Cic. Or. 25, 86: alloqui mitius aut horridius. Tac. H. 1, 82.