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1. 무서운, 무시무시한, 소름이 끼치는
2. 불온한, 험악한, 심상치 않은
3. 지독한, 불쾌한, 증오할, 몹시 싫은

1. fearful
2. ominous
3. (of character) dreadful, detestable

예문

• "mihi denique quod poculis vesperi minus temperavi, nox acerba diras et truces imagines obtulit, ut adhuc me credam cruore humano aspersum atque impiatum." (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 1 16:13)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 1권 16:13)

• "An noni putas devotionibus meis posse Diras invocari, posse!" (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 2 21:72)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 2권 21:72)

• Sed quas ego condignas Fotidi diras devotiones imprecer, quae me formavit non canem sed asinum, quippe cum viderem largissimae cenae reliquiis rapinisque canes omnes inescatos atque distentos! (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 7 12:2)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 7권 12:2)

• Tunc uxor egregia diras devotiones in eum deprecata et crurum ei fragium abominata, exsangui formidine trepidantem adulterum alveo ligneo, quo frumenta confusa purgari consuerant, temere propter iacenti suppositum abscondit, ingenitaque astutia dissimulato tanto flagitio, intrepidum mentita vultum, percontatur dei marito, cur utique contubernalis artissimi deserta cenula praematurus afforet. (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 9 20:2)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 9권 20:2)

• Inter has quaestionum suppliciorumque species diras, in Illyrico exoritur alia clades, ad multorum pericula ex verborum inanitate progressa. (Ammianus Marcellinus, Rerum Gestarum libri qui supersunt, Liber XV, chapter 3 7:1)

  (암미아누스 마르켈리누스, 사건 연대기, , 3장 7:1)

유의어 사전

1. Atrox, trux, and truculentus, (from τρηχύσ, ταράξαι), denote that which has an exterior exciting fear; that which makes an impression of terror on the fancy, and eye, and ear; atrox, indeed, as a property of things, but trux and truculentus as properties of persons; whereas dirus and sævus mean that which is really an object of fear, and threatens danger; dirus, indeed (from δέος), according to its own nature, as a property of things, means dreadful, δεινός; but sævus (from αἶ, heu!) according to the character of the person, as a property of living beings, means blood-thirsty, cruel, αἰνός. Plin. Pan. 53. Atrocissima effigies sævissimi domini. Mela ii. 7. Ionium pelagus . . . atrox, sævum; that is, looking dangerous, and often enough also bringing misfortune. 2. Trux denotes dreadfulness of look, of the voice, and so forth, in the tragic or heroic sense, as a mark of a wild disposition or of a cruel purpose; but truculentus, in the ordinary and comic sense, as a mark of ill-humor or trivial passion; the slave in Plautus is truculentus; the wrathful Achilles is trux. Sometimes, however, truculentior and truculentissimus serve as the comparative and superlative of trux. 3. Trux and truculentus vultus is a terrific, angry look, like τραχύς; torvus, merely a stern, sharp, and wild look, as τορόν, or ταυρηδὸν βλέπειν. Plin. H. N. xi. 54. Contuitu quoque multiformes; truces, torvi, flagrantes. Quintil. vi. 1. 43. (i. 40.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein