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horror , ōris, m. horreo,
I.a standing on end, standing erect, bristling.
I. 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.—*
B. Trop., roughness, rudeness of speech: “veterem illum horrorem malim quam istam novam licentiam,Quint. 8, 5, 34.—
II. Transf. (cf. horreo, II.).
A. A shaking, trembling.
1. In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “tremulo ramos horrore moveri,Ov. M. 9, 345: “horror soli,Flor. 2, 6.—
2. In partic.
c. 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.
B. 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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (25):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 12.6
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 8.6.3
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.198
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.345
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 5.1
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.29
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.291
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.1034
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.29
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.411
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.291
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.1011
    • Lucan, Civil War, 3.411
    • Lucan, Civil War, 5.154
    • Lucan, Civil War, 5.446
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 28.4
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 16.6
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.229
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 2.433
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 7.563
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 5.34
    • Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum, 2.6
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
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