terribilis

== Latin == === Etymology === From terreō (“to frighten, terrify, alarm; to deter by terror, scare (away)”) +‎ -bilis. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛrˈrɪ.bɪ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [terˈriː.bi.lis] === Adjective === terribilis (neuter terribile, comparative terribilior, adverb terribiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective frightful, dreadful, terrible, horrible Synonyms: horribilis, īnfandus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Related terms ==== terreō ==== Descendants ==== →? Catalan: terrible →? Italian: terribile → Old French: terribleMiddle French: terribleFrench: terrible→ Romanian: teribil→ Middle English: terribleEnglish: terrible >? Piedmontese: terìbil →? Portuguese: terrível (learned) →? Spanish: terribleChavacano: terrible === References === “terribilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “terribilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “terribilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.