horreo

Meaning

Verb

1. (conjugation-2, no-supine) to stand erect, stand on end
2. (conjugation-2, no-supine) to tremble, shiver
3. (conjugation-2, no-supine) to dread, be afraid of
4. (conjugation-2, no-supine) to be frightful
5. (conjugation-2, no-supine) to be horrified at or of

Adj

dative/ablative singular of horreum

Concepts

dither

quake

quiver

shake

🫨

shiver

shudder

tenderize

wiggle

be horrified at

shudder at

Translations

tremolar

zittern

ριγώ

grelotter

trembler

rabbrividire

bibberen

schokken

tremolar

estremecer

tiritar

tremer

temblar

tiritar

escalofrio

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈhɔr.re.oː]

Etymology

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”).