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exhorresco

exhorresco, to tremble, shudder, be terrified

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

exhorrēscō, horruī, 3, inc. n. and a.: to shudder greatly; shudder at, fear, dread, 7.265. (exhorreō)
exhorresco, rŭi, 3, v. inch. n. and a. [exhorreo].
  • I 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.—
  • II 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.

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