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P / pĕrhorresco
verb transitive intransitive

pĕrhorresco

2nd PP pĕr-horrescere · 3rd PP pĕr-horrescrui · conj. 3rd
to tremble; shudder greatly intransitive ••
Neutr., to tremble or shudder greatly (class.): toto corpore perhorresco, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41: recordatione consulatūs vestri, id. Pis. 20, 45: clamore perhorruit Aetne, trembled, shook, Ov. M. 13, 877: latumque perhorruit aequor (ventorum jactatibus), id. ib. 6, 704.—
to shudder greatly at; to have a great horror of active •
Act., to shudder greatly at, to have a great horror of any thing (class.): hanc tantam religionem non perhorrescis? Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 78: vexationem virginum Vestalium perhorresco, id. Cat. 4, 6: Bosporum, Hor. C. 2, 13, 15.
Perseus ID: n35024 Key: perhorresco