verb transitive intransitive

exhorresco

2nd PP exhorrescere · 3rd PP exhorrescrŭi · conj. 3rd

and a. [exhorreo].

to tremble; shudder exceedingly; to be terrified intransitive ••

Neutr., to tremble or shudder exceedingly, to be terrified (class.): non possum non exhorrescere, si quid intra cutem subest vulneris, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3: in quo igitur homines exhorrescunt? Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53: metu, id. Fin. 1, 13, 43: oraque buxo Pallidiora gerens exhorruit aequoris instar, Ov. M. 4, 135: omnis spiris exhorruit arbor, Val. Fl. 7, 527.—

to tremble; shudder at; to be terrified at poetic •

Act., to tremble or shudder at any thing, to be terrified at, to dread (poet.): vultus amicos, Verg. A. 7, 265: furores, Sil. 3, 146: verbere candentes armos, Val. Fl. 4, 380; Vulg. Job, 19, 17.

Perseus ID: n16863 Key: exhorresco