horrendus Latin · revision 8390

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Virgil|origins=la horreō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [hɔrˈrɛn.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [orˈrɛn.dus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''horrendus''' (feminine horrenda, neuter horrendum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the gerundive of [[horreō]] “to shudder at”, “to be shuddered at”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Virgil, whom he dates 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant inspiring terror or awe, terrible, fearful, and in Virgil of persons, especially gods, awe-inspiring.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant dreadful, horrible.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it of what inspires dread or disgust.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''orrendo'', and gave [[en|horrendous]] in the 1650s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of the awe-inspiring.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1650s – English ''horrendous'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Terrible, dreadful, [[m|en|horrendous]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Awe-inspiring.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[horreō]]

+ * [[horror]]

+ * [[en|horrendous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}