Latin edit

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Etymology edit

From tremō (tremble, shake) +‎ -ēscō (inchoative).

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Verb edit

tremēscō (present infinitive tremēscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to begin to tremble, shake
  2. (transitive) to dread

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of tremēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tremēscō tremēscis tremēscit tremēscimus tremēscitis tremēscunt
imperfect tremēscēbam tremēscēbās tremēscēbat tremēscēbāmus tremēscēbātis tremēscēbant
future tremēscam tremēscēs tremēscet tremēscēmus tremēscētis tremēscent
passive present tremēscor tremēsceris,
tremēscere
tremēscitur tremēscimur tremēsciminī tremēscuntur
imperfect tremēscēbar tremēscēbāris,
tremēscēbāre
tremēscēbātur tremēscēbāmur tremēscēbāminī tremēscēbantur
future tremēscar tremēscēris,
tremēscēre
tremēscētur tremēscēmur tremēscēminī tremēscentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tremēscam tremēscās tremēscat tremēscāmus tremēscātis tremēscant
imperfect tremēscerem tremēscerēs tremēsceret tremēscerēmus tremēscerētis tremēscerent
passive present tremēscar tremēscāris,
tremēscāre
tremēscātur tremēscāmur tremēscāminī tremēscantur
imperfect tremēscerer tremēscerēris,
tremēscerēre
tremēscerētur tremēscerēmur tremēscerēminī tremēscerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tremēsce tremēscite
future tremēscitō tremēscitō tremēscitōte tremēscuntō
passive present tremēscere tremēsciminī
future tremēscitor tremēscitor tremēscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tremēscere tremēscī
participles tremēscēns tremēscendus,
tremēscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
tremēscendī tremēscendō tremēscendum tremēscendō

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References edit

  • tremesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tremesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tremesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette