terribilis

terrĭbĭlis, e, adj. [terreo], frightful, dreadful, terrible (class.; syn.: dirus, horribilis, torvus).

I.

Lit.:

quam terribilis aspectu!

Cic. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

jam ipsi urbi terribilis erat,

Liv. 44, 10, 6:

furiis accensus et irā terribilis,

Verg. A. 12, 947:

terribilis cunctis et invisus,

Suet. Dom. 12:

noverca,

Ov. M. 1, 147:

fera,

id. H. 9, 34:

tyrannus affatu,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 73:

visu formae,

Verg. A. 6, 277:

vultus,

Ov. M. 1, 265:

squalor Charontis,

Verg. A. 6, 299; cf.:

incultu, tenebris, odore foeda atque terribilis ejus (carceris) facies est,

Sall. C. 55, 4: at tuba terribili sonitu taratantara dixit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 842 P. (Ann. v. 452 Vahl.):

sonitus,

Lucr. 6, 155: tumultus, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 153 Müll. (Ann. v. 311 Vahl.):

caligo,

Lucr. 6, 852:

mors,

Cic. Par. 2, 18:

horror,

Quint. 11, 3, 160:

exspectatio adventūs Jubae,

Suet. Caes. 66. — Comp.:

cujus (viri) virtute terribilior erat populus Romanus exteris gentibus,

Cic. Phil. 2, 26, 65:

cum alia aliis terribiliora afferentur,

Liv. 4, 26, 7:

majora ac terribiliora afferre,

id. 25, 29, 3.—

II.

Transf., demanding reverence, venerable (late Lat.):

scripturae,

Cod. Just. 3, 1, 13.— Sup. seems not to occur.— Adv.: terrĭbĭlĭter, fearfully, dreadfully, terribly (late Lat.):

sonus caeli terribiliter concrepantis,

Arn. 2, 57:

admonere,

Aug. Conf. 12, 25: Vulg. Psa. 138, 14.— Comp. and sup. seem not to occur.