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terrificus

terrificus, causing terror, frightful, terrible

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

terrificus , a, um: adj. (terreō and faciō), causing terror; dread-inspiring, alarming, terrifying, dreadful, dread, 5.524.
terrĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [terreo-facio],
  • that causes terror, frightful, terrific (poet.): (Curetes) cristae, Lucr. 2, 632; 5, 1314: caesaries capitis, Ov. M. 1, 179: vates, Verg. A. 5, 524: sacrum, Val. Fl. 1, 785: vaticinationes, Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 19.

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