horrify Copy link Outline 1. perh. percello, cŭli, culsum, 3 (to daunt, dismay)2. exănĭmo, 1 (to render breathless or dishearten with fear)3. horrĭfĭco, 1 (rare and poet.) • horrify: 1. perh. percello, cŭli, culsum, 3 (to daunt, dismay): Cic. Verr. 3, 57, fin. 2. exănĭmo, 1 (to render breathless or dishearten with fear): these words h. me, oratio haec me ex. metu, Ter. And. 1, 5, 10: Cic. (but the expr. is less strong than the Eng.). 3. horrĭfĭco, 1 (rare and poet.): Virg. Aen. 4, 465. Phr.: I am h.'d to recal it, horresco referens, Virg. Aen. 2, 204: we flee h.'d at the sight, diffugimus visu exsangues, ib. 212: I am h.'d to see, me [luridus] occupat horror spectantem ..., Ov. M. 14, 198. See also horror; to terrify.