horreo
See also: hórreo
Latin
FWOTD – 9 July 2013
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti, from *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Cognate with hīrtus, eris (“hedgehog”), Welsh garw (“rough”), Sanskrit हृष्यति (hṛṣyati, “become erect or stiff or rigid; be glad”), हर्षयति (harṣayati, “to excite”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬥𐬀 (zarəšiiamna, “excited”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhor.re.oː/, [ˈhɔrːeoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈor.re.o/, [ˈɔrːeo]
Verb
horreō (present infinitive horrēre, perfect active horruī); second conjugation, no supine stem, limited passive
- I stand erect, stand on end.
- I tremble, shiver.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.19-20:
- horrueram tacitōque animum pallōre fatēbar;
tum dea, quōs fēcit, sustulit ipsa metūs- I had trembled, and by my speechless pallor was betraying my emotion; then the goddess – she who caused it [to happen] – removed [my] fears herself.
(The poet, writing about the month of June, first encounters Juno (mythology).)
- I had trembled, and by my speechless pallor was betraying my emotion; then the goddess – she who caused it [to happen] – removed [my] fears herself.
- horrueram tacitōque animum pallōre fatēbar;
- I dread, am afraid of.
- I am frightful.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
- horificābilis
- horribilis
- horridē
- horridulus
- horridus
- horrificē
- horrificō
- horrificus
- horripilāns
- horripilātiō
- horripilō
- horror
References
- “horreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “horreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- horreo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- his hair stands on end: capilli horrent
- his hair stands on end: capilli horrent
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
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