inhorresco
Latin
Etymology
From inhorreō (“I shudder”) + -scō (inchoative).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪ.nɔrˈreːs.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.norˈrɛs.ko]
Verb
inhorrēscō (present infinitive inhorrēscere, perfect active inhorruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to begin to bristle (up); one's hair starts to stand on end
- to start to quiver, tremble or shudder (at)
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References
- “inhorresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inhorresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inhorresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.