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tremefacio

tremefacio · v. a

to cause to shake

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

trĕmĕfăcĭo — Lewis & Short

trĕmĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a.tremo-facio,

I to cause to shake, quake, or tremble (poet.): (Juppiter) Annuit, et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum, Verg. A. 9, 106; 10, 115: totum caelum supercilio et nutu, Arn. 4, 140: Lernam arcu, Verg. A. 6, 804: Thulem belli murmure, Claud. B. Get. 204: se tremefecit tellus, quaked, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—In part. perf.: folia tremefacta Noto, Prop. 2, 9, 34; so, tellus, Verg. A. 10, 102: pectora, id. ib. 2, 228: scuticae habenis, Ov. H. 9, 81: quies pueri, Stat. Achill. 1, 247.

In the wild

6 of 38 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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