The corpus record — Latin

horrifico

horrifico · v. a

to make rough

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Where it lives

de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

horrĭfĭco — Lewis & Short

horrĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.horrificus,

I to make rough or terrible, to cause terror (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): flatu placidum mare matutino Horrificans Zephyrus, ruffling, = crispans, Cat. 64, 271: ore ferarum Et rictu horrificant galeas, Sil. 3, 389: carcer, catenae, fuga, exsilium horrificaverant dignitatem, had made terrible, Flor. 3, 21, 10 Duk.: mentes, Claud. Bell. Get. 250.—Absol.: multaque praeterea vatum praedicta piorum Terribili monitu horrificant, cause horror, Verg. A. 4, 465.

In the wild

horrificant Silius Italicus, Punica 3.389
horrificant Vergil, Aeneid 4.465
horrificaverant Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 2.9.21.10
horrificant Claudian, de Bello Gothico 1.250
horrificans Catullus, Carmina long_poems.64.270

Where it came from

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