(adjective) : terrĭbĭlis, e, terreo
* Frightful, dreadful, terrible (class.; syn.: dirus, horribilis, torvus).
* Lit.: quam terribilis aspectu!Cic. Sest. 8, 19; cf.: jam ipsi urbi terribilis erat,Liv. 44, 10, 6: furiis accensus et irā terribilis,Verg. A. 12, 947: terribilis cunctis et invisus,Suet. Dom. 12: noverca,Ov. M. 1, 147: fera,id. H. 9, 34: tyrannus affatu,Stat. S. 3, 3, 73: visu formae,Verg. A. 6, 277: vultus,Ov. M. 1, 265: squalor Charontis,Verg. A. 6, 299; cf.: incultu, tenebris, odore foeda atque terribilis ejus (carceris) facies est,Sall. C. 55, 4: at tuba terribili sonitu taratantara dixit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 842 P. (Ann. v. 452 Vahl.): sonitus,Lucr. 6, 155: tumultus, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 153 Müll. (Ann. v. 311 Vahl.): caligo,Lucr. 6, 852: mors,Cic. Par. 2, 18: horror,Quint. 11, 3, 160: exspectatio adventūs Jubae,Suet. Caes. 66. — Comp.: cujus (viri) virtute terribilior erat populus Romanus exteris gentibus,Cic. Phil. 2, 26, 65: cum alia aliis terribiliora afferentur,Liv. 4, 26, 7: majora ac terribiliora afferre,id. 25, 29, 3.
* Transf., demanding reverence, venerable (late Lat.): scripturae,Cod. Just. 3, 1, 13.—Sup. seems not to occur.—Adv.: terrĭbĭlĭter, fearfully, dreadfully, terribly (late Lat.): sonus caeli terribiliter concrepantis,Arn. 2, 57: admonere,Aug. Conf. 12, 25: Vulg. Psa. 138, 14.—Comp. and sup. seem not to occur.