horreo.
to stand erect, stand on end
Meaning & usage
to stand erect, stand on end
to tremble, shiver
to dread, be afraid of
to be frightful
to be horrified at or of
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Proto-Italic *horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti, from *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Cognate with hīrtus, eris (“hedgehog”), Welsh garw (“rough”), Sanskrit हृष्यति (hṛṣyati, “become erect or stiff or rigid; be glad”), हर्षयति (harṣayati, “to excite”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬥𐬀 (zar^əšiiamna, “excited”).
dative/ablative singular of horreum
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