I.v. inch. n., to send forth sharp points, to rise erect, to bristle up.
I. Lit.: “gallinae inhorrescunt edito ovo excutiuntque sese,” Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116: inhorrescit mare, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 411 Rib.): mobilibus veris inhorruit Adventus foliis (poet. for folia inhorrescunt, varie agitantur auris vernis), Hor. C. 1, 23, 5, v. Orell. ad h. l.: “frigorum impatientia papiliones villis inhorrescunt,” Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77: “trifolium inhorrescere et folia contra tempestatem subrigere,” id. 18, 35, 89, § 365: “Atlas nemoribus inhorrescit,” Sol. 24.—
II. Transf., to tremble, shake, shiver.
A. With fever, Cels. 3, 12 med.: “frigida potio inutilis est iis qui facile inhorrescunt,” id. 1, 3.—With cold: “aër nivibus et glacie inhorrescit,” App. de Mund. p. 58, 33: “cum tristis hiems aquilonis inhorruit alis,” Ov. Ib. 199.—
B. To quake, shudder, with fear, horror, App. M. 5, p. 172, 22: “solitudo inhorrescit vacuis,” Tac. H. 3. 85; id. A. 11, 28.—Rarely with acc.: “adeo rebus accommodanda compositio, ut asperis asperos etiam numeros adhiberi oporteat, et cum dicente aeque audientem inhorrescere,” Quint. 9, 4, 126.— Transf., to shudder at: “severitatis vim,” Aur. Vict. Caes. 24.
