φρικώδης

A. attended with shivering, πνρετὸς φ. a fever with shivering fits, ague, Hp. Epid. 1.2, Sor. 1.59; δυσουρία φ. Hp. Aph. 3.5; οἱ φ. those who suffer from such fits, Id. Coac. 12, al.; τὸ φ. roughness, unevenness of the skin, as in aguish fits, ib.17, cf. Gal. 6.195.

II. that causes shuddering or horror, awful, horrible, ὄψις Ar. Ra. 1336 (lyr.); τὰ δεινὰ καὶ φ. And. 1.29; φρικώδη κλύειν horrible to hear, E. Hipp. 1202; freq. in later Prose, δόξαι φ. Phld. Mus. p.50 K.; φ. ἄποψις, θέαμα, Arist. Mir. 843a16, Plu. Marc. 15, Anon. Oxy. 416.9, Jul. Or. 1.31c; τὸ ‐έστατον τῶν κακῶν ὁ θάνατος Epicur. Ep. 3p.61U.; ‐έστατος ὅρκος PStrassb. 48.6 (vi A. D.), etc.: neut. φρικῶδες, as Adv., horribly, E. Hipp. 1216.

b. inspiring religious awe, Plu. TG 21 (Sup.), Aristid. 1.256J. Adv. Sup., ἁγιώτατα καὶ φρικωδέστατα ἔχειν, of the terrors of a court of justice, D. 23.74.