horrens Latin · revision 32374

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *ǵʰr̥s-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''horrēns''', genitive horrentis; comparative horrentior^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the present participle of [[m|la|horreō|t=to bristle, shudder]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) De Vaan traces [[m|la|horreō]] to [[itc-pro|*χors-ē-|t=to be stiff]] and [[ine-pro|*ǵʰr̥s-eh₁-|t=to be stiff, surprised]], comparing [[sa|हृष्यति|tr=hṛṣyati|t=to be delighted]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Conte and Gaffiot cite it first from Lucretius, of the bristling boar of Arcadia.^(Conte 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the senses of the verb it means bristling, rough or shaggy: Virgil has the rough crags of Tetrica and Latins bristling with arms, and Pliny the Younger bristling hair.^(Conte 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) It also means dreadful or awful, a sense the OLD gives beside those of the verb.^(OLD 2012) Conte cites this sense from Florus.^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the bristling boar.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of rough crags and of soldiers bristling with arms.^(Conte 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|bristling|alt=Bristling]], rough, [[m|en|shaggy]]; prickly.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

+ # [[m|en|dreadful|alt=Dreadful]], awful.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[horreo|alt=horreō]]

+ * [[horror]]

+ * [[horridus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}