I.monstrous, strange (post-Aug.): “artes,” i. e. magical, Val. Fl. 6, 152: “natura hyaenae,” Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 92: “hominum ingenia,” id. 21, 5, 13, § 26: “effigies,” id. 2, 3, 3, § 7; “and so the better reading,” Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 187; 36, 13, 19, § 88.—Hence, adv.: monstrĭfĭcē , in a monstrous or strange manner (post-Aug.), Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.
monstrĭfĭcus , a, um, adj. monstrumfacio,