terribilis

Latin

Etymology

    From terreō (to frighten, terrify, alarm; to deter by terror, scare (away)) +‎ -bilis.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    terribilis (neuter terribile, comparative terribilior, adverb terribiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

    1. frightful, dreadful, terrible, horrible
      Synonyms: horribilis, īnfandus

    Declension

    Third-declension two-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative terribilis terribile terribilēs terribilia
    genitive terribilis terribilium
    dative terribilī terribilibus
    accusative terribilem terribile terribilīs
    terribilēs
    terribilia
    ablative terribilī terribilibus
    vocative terribilis terribile terribilēs terribilia

    Descendants

    • ? Catalan: terrible
    • ? Italian: terribile
    • Old French: terrible
    • >? Piedmontese: terìbil
    • ? Portuguese: terrível (learned)
    • ? Spanish: terrible

    References

    • terribilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • terribilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • terribilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.