1. trĕmo — Lewis & Short
trĕmo, ŭi, 3, v. n. and
I a. [cf. Gr. tre/mw, to tremble; a)tre/mas, quiet].
I Neutr., to shake, quake, quiver, tremble, etc. (freq. and class.; cf. trepido): sapiens si algebis, tremes, Novat. ap. Cic. de Or.2, 70, 285 (Com.Rel. v. 116 Rib.):
pro monstro extemplo'st, quando qui sudat tremit,Plaut. As. 2, 2, 23:
viden', ut tremit atque extimuit,id. Mil. 4, 6, 57:
totus Tremo horreoque, Ter Eun. 1, 2, 4: si qui tremerent et exalbescerent objecta terribili re extrinsecus,Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 48:
timidus ac tremens,id. Pis. 30, 74:
tremo animo,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4; so,
animo,Sen. Agam. 833:
toto pectore tremens,Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 49: corde et genibus tremit, Hor. C. 1, 23, 8.—In a Greek construction:
tremis ossa pavore,Hor. S. 2, 7, 57:
ingemit et tremit artus,Lucr. 3, 489; cf. Verg. G. 3, 84.—
B Of things: mare caelum terram ruere ac tremere diceres, Afran. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Com. Rel. v. 9 Rib.):
membra miserae tremunt,Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 2:
genua,Sen. Ep. 11, 2:
artus, Verg, A. 3, 627: manus,Ov. M. 8, 211:
umeri,Verg. A. 2, 509:
haec trementi questus ore,Hor. Epod. 5, 11; so,
ore tremente,Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 54 et saep.:
Africa terribili tremit horrida terra tumultu, Enn. ap. Fest p. 153 Müll. (Ann. v. 311 Vahl.): verbere ripae,Hor. C. 3, 27, 23:
aequor,Ov. M. 4, 136:
ilices,Hor. Epod. 10, 8:
hasta per armos Acta,Verg. A. 11, 645:
vela,Lucr. 4, 77:
frusta (carnis),i.e. to quiver, Verg. A. 1, 212:
seges altis flava spicis,Sen. Oedip 50; id. Med. 46.—
II Act., to quake or tremble at a thing (mostly poet. and perhaps not ante-Aug.):
virgas ac secures dictatoris tremere atque horrere, Liv, 22, 27, 3: Junonem Offensam,Ov. M. 2, 519:
neque iratos Regum apices neque militum arma,Hor. C. 3, 21, 19:
jussa virum nutusque,Sil. 2, 53:
te Stygii tremuere lacus,Verg. A. 8, 296:
non praesidum gladios tremunt,Lact. 5, 13, 17:
varios casus,Sen. Troad. 262:
hostem,id. ib. 317. — Hence, trĕmendus, a, um, P a. (acc. to II.), that is to be trembled at; hence, fearful, dreadful, frightful, formidable, terrible, tremendous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
manes adiit regemque tremendum,Verg. G. 4, 469:
Chimaera,Hor. C. 4, 2, 15:
vates visu audituque,Stat. Th. 10, 164:
oculi,Ov. M. 3, 577:
cuspis,Hor. C. 4, 6, 7:
tumultus,id. ib. 1, 16, 11:
Alpes,id. ib. 4, 14, 12:
monita Carmentis,Verg. A. 8, 335:
nefas,Val. Fl. 2, 209:
tigris animal velocitatis tremendae,Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66.