horror — Lewis & Short
horror, ōris, m.horreo,
I a standing on end, standing erect, bristling.
I Lit. (only poet. and very rare):
comarum,Luc. 5, 154; Val. Fl. 1, 229:
pontus non horrore tremit,i. e. was not ruffled, agitated, Luc. 5, 446; cf.:
montes horrore nivali semper obducti,Amm. 15, 10, 1.—*
B Trop., roughness, rudeness of speech:
veterem illum horrorem malim quam istam novam licentiam,Quint. 8, 5, 34.—
II Transf. (cf. horreo, II.).
A A shaking, trembling.
1 In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
tremulo ramos horrore moveri,Ov. M. 9, 345:
horror soli,Flor. 2, 6.—
2 In partic.
a A shaking, shivering, chill, coldfit, ague-fit (class.):
mihi frigidus horror Membra quatit,Verg. A. 3, 29; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 563:
frigus voco ubi extremae partes membrorum inalgescunt: horrorem, ubi totum corpus intremit,Cels. 3, 3:
Atticam doleo tam diu: sed quoniam jam sine horrore est, spero esse ut volumus,Cic. Att. 12, 6 fin.:
horrorem tertianae et quartanae minuere,Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 150.—
b A shaking, shuddering, quaking, trembling with fright; dread, terror, horror (class.):
est ea frigida multa, comes formidinis, aura, quae ciet horrorem membris et concitat artus,Lucr. 3, 291:
ea res me horrore afficit,Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16; cf. id. ib. 66:
di immortales, qui me horror perfudit! quam sum sollicitus, quidnam futurum sit!Cic. Att. 8, 6, 3:
me luridus occupat horror Spectantem vultus etiamnum caede madentes,Ov. M. 14, 198:
frigidus artus, Dum loquor, horror habet,id. ib. 9, 291:
spectare in eadem harena feras horror est,Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 4.—
c A shaking or trembling with joy:
laetus per artus horror iit,Stat. Th. 1, 494; cf.:
me quaedam divina voluptas percipit atque horror,Lucr. 3, 29 sq.—
d Dread, veneration, religious awe:
hic numinis ingens horror,Val. Fl. 2, 433:
arboribus suus horror inest,Luc. 3, 411:
animos horrore imbuere,Liv. 39, 8, 4:
perfusus horrore venerabundusque,id. 1, 16, 6. —
B That which causes dread, a terror, horror (poet.):
serrae stridentis,Lucr. 2, 411:
validi ferri natura et frigidus horror,id. 6, 1011:
Scipiadas, belli fulmen, Carthaginis horror,id. 3, 1034;
imitated by Sil.: jacet campis Carthaginis horror,Sil. 15, 340.