tremendus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Future passive participle (gerundive) of tremō (“I tremble, shake, or shudder at”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /treˈmen.dus/, [t̪rɛˈmɛn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /treˈmen.dus/, [t̪reˈmɛn̪d̪us]
Participle edit
tremendus (feminine tremenda, neuter tremendum); first/second-declension participle
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tremendus | tremenda | tremendum | tremendī | tremendae | tremenda | |
| Genitive | tremendī | tremendae | tremendī | tremendōrum | tremendārum | tremendōrum | |
| Dative | tremendō | tremendō | tremendīs | ||||
| Accusative | tremendum | tremendam | tremendum | tremendōs | tremendās | tremenda | |
| Ablative | tremendō | tremendā | tremendō | tremendīs | |||
| Vocative | tremende | tremenda | tremendum | tremendī | tremendae | tremenda | |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: tremend
- English: tremendous
- Galician: tremendo
- Italian: tremendo
- Portuguese: tremendo
- Spanish: tremendo
References edit
- “tremendus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tremendus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tremendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.