Definition of horror
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LNS
horror, horrōris
horreo
noun (m., 3rd declension)
  1. a standing on end, standing erect, bristling
  2. roughness, rudeness
  3. A shaking, trembling
  4. A shaking, shivering, chill, coldfit, ague-fit
  5. A shaking, shuddering, quaking, trembling
  6. dread, terror, horror
Abbreviations
horror, ōris, m. horreo, a standing on end, standing erect, bristling. 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.

—* Trop., roughness, rudeness of speech: veterem illum horrorem malim quam istam novam licentiam, Quint. 8, 5, 34.

— Transf. (cf. horreo, II.). A shaking, trembling. In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): tremulo ramos horrore moveri, Ov. M. 9, 345: horror soli, Flor. 2, 6.

— In partic. 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.

— 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.

— 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.

— 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.

— 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.
 
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