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1 Horribile dictu
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2 horrendus
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3 dīrus
dīrus adj. with comp, ill - omened, ominous, boding, portentous, fearful, awful, dread: cometae, V.: quibus nihil dirius: mortalibus omen, O.: tempus: exsecratio, L. — Plur n. as subst: in dira incurrimus: Dira canere, O.: dira alcui precari, Tb. — Dreadful, cruel, fierce, fell, relentless: sorores, the furies, V.: Dea, i. e. Circe, O.: Hannibal, H.: mens, V.: hydra, H. — Dreadful, dire, horrible, awful: dapes, O.: venena, H.: bellum, V.: cupido, insane, V.: sollicitudines, H.: superbia, O.: Temporibus diris, in the reign of terror, Iu.— Plur n. As adv.: dira fremens, frightfully, V.* * *dira, dirum ADJfearful, cruel, awful, horrible; fierce -
4 horrendus
horrendus adj. [P. of horreo], dreadful, terrible, fearful, horrible: monstrum, V.: silva, L.: diluvies, H.: carmen, L.: adspectu, H.: res relatu, O.: dictu, V.: iuvenis Parthis, H.— Wonderful, awful, venerable: Sibylla, V.: Tectum silvis, V.* * *horrenda, horrendum ADJhorrible, dreadful, terrible -
5 horribilis
horribilis e, adj. with comp. [horreo], terrible, fearful, dreadful, horrible: rei p. pestis: species, Cs.: sonitus, S.: tempestas: leonis māla, H.: horribile est dicere, horribilius, etc.— Astonishing, amazing: horribili vigilantiā esse.* * *horribile, horribilior -or -us, orribilissimus -a -um ADJawful, horrible, terrible; monstrous; rough -
6 horrifer
horrifer fera, ferum, adj. [horror+1 FER-], that causes trembling, exciting terror, terrible, dreadful, horrible: Aquilonis stridor, Att. ap. C.: Boreas, O.: aegis, V.* * *horrifera, horriferum ADJawful, horrible, dreadful; frightening, chilling, exciting terror -
7 sacer
sacer cra, crum, adj. with sup. [1 SAC-], dedicated, consecrated, devoted, sacred: aedes: aedificia: locus: iura sacerrima lecti, O.: luctus late, V.: aurum, L.: tus, O.: ales (as regarded in augury), V.: tempus, H.: commissum, a crime against religion: vitis (sacred to Bacchus), H.: robur, O.: aqua, H.: fontes, V.: sacer interpresque deorum Orpheus, H.: sacro Dianae celebris die, H.: terra sacra deorum est: Sacra Iovi quercus, O.: Cereri Polyphoetes, V.: mensis Manibus, O.—As nom prop.: legiones in Sacrum montem secessisse, to the Sacred mount (on the right bank of the Anio, three miles from Rome), L.: Sacra via, Holy street (between the Forum and the Capitol): Ibam forte viā Sacrā, H.— Regarded with reverence, holy, awful, venerable: silentium, H.; cf. ut sacrosancti habeantur, quibus ipsi dii neque sacri neque sancti sunt, L.— Devoted, forfeited, accursed, given over: sacer esto, H.: eum, qui cuiquam nocuerit, sacrum sanciri, L.: ut eius caput Iovi sacrum esset, L.— Accursed, execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous: Auri fames, V.: Remi Sacer nepotibus cruor, H.* * *sacra, sacrum ADJsacred, holy, consecrated; accursed, horrible, detestable -
8 nefas
nĕ-fas, n. indecl., something contrary to divine law, sinful, unlawful, execrable, abominable, criminal; an impious or wicked deed, a sin, a crime (cf.: scelus, flagitium, peccatum).I.Lit.:II.quicquid non licet, nefas putare debemus,
Cic. Par. 3, 2. 25; cf.:officia tua mihi nefas est oblivisci,
id. Fam. 15, 21, 5:Mercurius, quem Aegyptii nefas habent nominare,
id. N. D. 3, 22, 56: nefas est dictu, miseram fuisse talem senectutem, id. Sen. 5, 13:eum, cui nihil umquam nefas fuit,
id. Mil. 27, 73:quibus nefas est... deserere patronos,
Caes. B. G. 7, 40:corpora viva nefas Stygiā vectare carinā,
Verg. A. 6, 391:fas atque nefas,
right and wrong, id. G. 1, 505; Hor. Epod. 5, 87; cf. id. C. 1, 18, 10; Ov. M. 6, 585:per omne fas ac nefas,
in every way, Liv. 6, 14, 10:nefas triste piare,
Verg. A. 2, 184:illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectore versat, Certa mori,
id. ib. 4, 563:lex maculosum edomuit nefas,
i. e. adultery, Hor. C. 4, 5, 22:in omne nefas se parare,
Ov. M. 6, 613:summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori,
Juv. 8, 83:belli,
civil war, Luc. 2, 507; cf.:fugiens civile nefas,
id. 7, 432:magnum nefas contrahere,
Just. 24, 3:facere nefas,
Vulg. Deut. 22, 21:operari,
ib. Lev. 20, 13.— Poet., of a wicked person, a wretch, monster:exstinxisse nefas tamen... Laudabor (i. e. Helen, as the destroyer of Troy),
Verg. A. 2, 585.—Also inserted as an interjection, O horrid! shocking! dreadful! quātenus, heu nefas! virtutem incolumem odimus, Hor. C. 3, 24, 30; cf.:heu nefas, heu!
id. ib. 4, 6, 17:quosne, nefas! omnes infandā in morte reliqui?
Verg. A. 10, 673:sequiturque, nefas! Aegyptia conjux,
id. ib. 8, 688:Lavinia virgo Visa, nefas! longis comprendere crinibus ignem,
O horrible! id. ib. 7, 73.—Esp.:est nefas,
it is forbidden, contrary to law, Varr. L. L. 6, 4. —Poet., transf.A.A horrible or monstrous thing:B.Eumenides Stygiumque nefas,
Luc. 6, 695; 1, 626:infernum,
id. 7, 170; Stat. Th. 6, 942.—Impossible: levius fit patientiā Quicquid corrigere est nefas, an impossibility (= athemiton, adunaton), Hor. C. 1, 24, 20. -
9 atrōx
atrōx ōcis, adj. with comp. and sup. [ater], savage, fierce, wild, cruel, harsh, severe: Tydides, H.: Iuno, V.: odium exercebat atrox, O.: animus Catonis, resolute, H.: odii Agrippina, in hatred, Ta.—Cruel, horrible, violent, raging, perilous: res tam atrox: lex: hora Caniculae, H.: facinus, L.: spectaculum, Ta.: pugna atrocior, L.: atrocissimum crimen.—Violent, bitter: genus orationis.* * *atrocis (gen.), atrocior -or -us, atrocissimus -a -um ADJfierce, savage, bloody; heinous, cruel; severe; terrible, frightening, dreadful -
10 foedus
foedus adj. with comp. and sup. [FAV-], foul, filthy, loathsome, repulsive, ugly, unseemly, detestable, abominable, horrible: foedissimum monstrum: volucris, O.: caput Impexā porrigine, H.: volnus, O.: tergum vestigiis verberum, L.: pestilentia homini, destructive, L.: foediora iis, quae subiciebantur oculis, nuntiare, L.: res visu: foedum relatu, O.—Fig., disgraceful, base, dishonorable, vile, shameful, infamous, foul: facinus, T.: ille foedior in Pompeio accusando, etc.: homo, S.: carmen, H.: fuga, S.: mors: genus interitūs: ministeria, V.: inceptu, L.* * *Ifoeda -um, foedior -or -us, foedissimus -a -um ADJfilthy, foul, disgusting, loathsome, beastly; disgraceful, vile, low, obsceneIItreaty, agreement, contract; league; alliance -
11 horridus
horridus adj. with comp. [HORS-], standing on end, rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly: barbula: caesaries, O.: Horridior rusco, V.: densis hastilibus horrida myrtus, V.— Rough, rude, crude, rugged, wild, savage: pecudis iecur: pastor, O.. Acestes in iaculis, V.: Silvanus, H.: Sedes Taenari, H.: Hiemps tremulo venit horrida passu, O.: Iuppiter austris, V.: stiria, V.: fluctus, H.— Unkempt, with dishevelled hair: Capillus passus, ipsa horrida, T.: mater, Iu.—Fig., in character or manners, rough, rude, blunt, stern, unpolished, uncouth: vitā, oratione: miles: Fidens iuventus horrida bracchiis, H.: gens, V.: horridus irā (Boreas), O.: horridiora verba: numerus Saturnius, H.— Causing tremor, exciting horror, terrible, frightful, horrid: horridiores aspectu, Cs.: acies, V.: virga (mortis), H.: iussa, V.* * *horrida, horridum ADJwild, frightful, rough, bristly, standing on end, unkempt; grim; horrible -
12 horrificus
horrificus adj. [horror+2 FAC-], exciting terror, dreadful, frightful: letum, V.* * *horrifica, horrificum ADJawful, horrible, dreadful; frightening, chilling, exciting terror -
13 īnfōrmis
īnfōrmis e, adj. [2 in+forma], without form, unformed, shapeless: alveus, L.: materia, Ta.— Unshapely, misshapen, deformed, distorted, hideous, horrible: monstrum, V.: hiemes, H.: letum, disfiguring, V.: aggeribus Terra, V.: ossibus ager, H.* * *informis, informe ADJformless, shapeless; deformed; ugly, hideous -
14 mōnstrum
mōnstrum ī, n [1 MAN-], a divine omen, supernatural appearance, wonder, miracle, portent. quoddam novum: obicitur magno futurum Augurio monstrum, V.: ingentibus excita monstris (regina), illusions, V.: mera monstra nuntiarat, nothing but wonders.—An abnormal shape, unnatural growth, monster, monstrosity: monstrum hominis, T.: deūm monstra (the gods of Egypt), V.: succinctam latrantibus inguina monstris (i. e. canibus), V.: omnia Monstra ferre, O.—Fig., a repulsive character, monster, abomination: nulla iam pernicies a monstro illo atque prodigio comparabitur: fatale (Cleopatra), H.— A horrible sight, pernicious thing, object of dread, awful deed: mene huic confidere monstro? (i. e. mari), V.: non mihi furtum, sed monstrum ac prodigium videbatur: veteris monstrum culpae, O.* * *monster; portent, unnatural thing/event regarded as omen/sign/portent -
15 parricīdium (pāri-)
parricīdium (pāri-) ī, n [parricida], the murder of a father, assassination of parents, parricide: agitur de parricidio: patris.—Fig. (of reviling philosophy), C.— The murder of a near kinsman: fraternum: filii, L.— Parricide, treason, horrible crime: est prope parricidium (civem) necare: patriae, high treason. -
16 tragicus
tragicus adj., τραγικόσ, of tragedy, tragic: Carmen, i. e. tragedy, H.: Versūs, H.: actor, a tragedian, L.: Orestes aut Athamas, represented in tragedy: cerva, i. e. in the tragedy of Iphigenia, Iu.— As subst m., a tragic poet, writer of tragedy.—In the tragic style, tragic, lofty, grand, sublime: haec tragica atque divina: Nam spirat tragicum satis, H.—Of a tragic nature, tragic, horrible, moving, terrible: res tragicas comice tractavit: sceleris tragici exemplum, L.: ignes (i. e. amores), O.* * *tragica, tragicum ADJtragic; suitable to tragedy, a, i, m tragic poet, tragic actor -
17 Annus horribilis
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18 atrox
ā̆trox, ōcis, adj. [from ater, as ferox from ferus, velox from velum. Atrocem hoc est asperum, crudelem, quod qui atro vultu sunt, asperitatem ac saevitiam prae se ferunt, Perott.; cf. Doed. Syn. I. p. 38 sq.], dark, gloomy, frowning, horrible, hideous, frightful, dreadful; and trop., savage, cruel, fierce, atrocious, harsh, severe, unyielding (of persons and things; while saevus is used only of persons; v. Doed. as cited supra; very freq. and class.): exta, Naev. ap. Non. p. 76, 6: (fortunam) insanam esse aiunt, quia atrox, incerta, instabilisque sit, Pac. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 125 Rib.):sic Multi, animus quorum atroci vinctus malitiā est, Att., Trag. Rel. p. 141 Rib.: re atroci percitus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 17:res tam scelesta, tam atrox, tam nefaria credi non potest,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62:saevissimi domini atrocissima effigies,
Plin. Pan. 52 fin.:Agrippina semper atrox,
always gloomy, Tac. A. 4, 52; 2, 57:filia longo dolore atrox,
wild, id. ib. 16, 10:hiems,
severe, Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 353:nox,
Tac. A. 4, 50:tempestas,
id. ib. 11, 31:flagrantis hora Caniculae,
Hor. C. 3, 13, 9:atrocissimae litterae,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:bellum magnum et atrox,
Sall. J. 5, 1:facinus,
Liv. 1, 26:non alia ante pugna atrocior,
id. 1, 27:periculum atrox,
dreadful, id. 33, 5; so,negotium,
Sall. C. 29, 2:imperium (Manlii),
harsh, Liv. 8, 7:odium,
violent, Ov. M. 9, 275 et saep.—Of discourse, violent, bitter:tunc admiscere huic generi orationis vehementi atque atroci genus illud alterum... lenitatis et mansuetudinis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 200:Summa concitandi adfectūs accusatori in hoc est, ut id, quod objecit, aut quam atrocissimum aut etiam quam maxime miserabile esse videatur,
Quint. 6, 1, 15:peroratio,
Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 4:et cuncta terrarum subacta Praeter atrocem animum Catonis,
stern, unyielding, Hor. C. 2, 1, 24:fides (Reguli),
Sil. 6, 378; so,virtus,
id. 13, 369:ut verba atroci (i. e. rigido) stilo effoderent,
Petr. 4, 3.—Hence of that which is fixed, certain, invincible:occisa est haec res, nisi reperio atrocem mi aliquam astutiam,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7 Lind. (perh. the figure is here drawn from the contest; the atrox pugna and atrox astutia are ludicrously contrasted with occidit res, the cause had been lost, if I had not come to the rescue with powerful art).— Adv.: atrōcĭter, violently, fiercely, cruelly, harshly (only in prose):atrociter minitari,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62:fit aliquid,
id. Rosc. Am. 53 fin.:dicere,
id. Or. 17, 56:agitare rem publicam,
Sall. J. 37, 1:invehi in aliquem,
Liv. 3, 9:deferre crimen,
Tac. A. 13, 19 fin.:multa facere,
Suet. Tib. 59 al. — Comp.: atrocius in aliquem saevire, Liv. 42, 8; Tac. H. 1, 2; 2, 56:atrocius accipere labores itinerum,
reluctantly, id. ib. 1, 23.— Sup.:de ambitu atrocissime agere in senatu,
Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 16:leges atrocissime exercere,
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19 dira
dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).I.Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:1.QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,
id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,
Ov. M. 5, 550:omen,
Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:aves,
Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:alites,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:somnia,
Val. Fl. 3, 59:tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,
Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.deprecationes,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:detestatio,
Hor. Epod. 5, 89:ritus sacrorum,
Tac. A. 16, 8:religio loci,
Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:dīrae, ārum, f.(α).(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:(β).dirarum obnuntiatio,
id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;2.called also Dirae deae, sorores,
Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:II.in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:me mihi dira precari cogis,
to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:dira passus,
Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:b.Dea,
i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:Ulixes,
Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:Hannibal,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:durum,
id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):Afer,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:Amulius,
Ov. F. 4, 53:noverca,
id. H. 12, 188:pellex,
id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:hydra,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:serpens,
Ov. M. 2, 651:victima,
id. A. A. 1, 334:parens,
fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:soror,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:parentes,
Manil. 5, 541.—Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:B.regio,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:facies,
id. F. 1, 553:dapes,
id. ib. 6, 663:venena,
Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:Asphaltites lacus,
Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:scopulus,
id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,
id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:bellum,
Verg. A. 11, 217:nefas,
id. ib. 4, 563:sollicitudines,
Hor. Epod. 13, 10:amores,
Ov. M. 10, 426:superbia,
id. ib. 3, 354:quies,
Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:dira portas quassare trabs,
Sil. 4, 284.—Skilful:in complicandis negotiis,
Amm. 14, 5, 8. -
20 dirae
dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).I.Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:1.QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,
id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,
Ov. M. 5, 550:omen,
Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:aves,
Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:alites,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:somnia,
Val. Fl. 3, 59:tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,
Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.deprecationes,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:detestatio,
Hor. Epod. 5, 89:ritus sacrorum,
Tac. A. 16, 8:religio loci,
Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:dīrae, ārum, f.(α).(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:(β).dirarum obnuntiatio,
id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;2.called also Dirae deae, sorores,
Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:II.in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:me mihi dira precari cogis,
to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:dira passus,
Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:b.Dea,
i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:Ulixes,
Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:Hannibal,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:durum,
id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):Afer,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:Amulius,
Ov. F. 4, 53:noverca,
id. H. 12, 188:pellex,
id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:hydra,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:serpens,
Ov. M. 2, 651:victima,
id. A. A. 1, 334:parens,
fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:soror,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:parentes,
Manil. 5, 541.—Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:B.regio,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:facies,
id. F. 1, 553:dapes,
id. ib. 6, 663:venena,
Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:Asphaltites lacus,
Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:scopulus,
id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,
id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:bellum,
Verg. A. 11, 217:nefas,
id. ib. 4, 563:sollicitudines,
Hor. Epod. 13, 10:amores,
Ov. M. 10, 426:superbia,
id. ib. 3, 354:quies,
Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:dira portas quassare trabs,
Sil. 4, 284.—Skilful:in complicandis negotiis,
Amm. 14, 5, 8.
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