tremesco

Latin

Alternative forms

• tremīscō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /treˈmeːs.koː/, [t̪rɛˈmeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /treˈmes.ko/, [t̪reˈmɛsko]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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	—	—

Synonyms

• horrēscō
• inhorrēscō

Derived terms

• contremēscō

Descendants

• Lombard: stremí, stremísser
• Old Galician-Portuguese: estremecer
  • Galician: estremecer
  • Portuguese: estremecer
• Spanish: estremecer

References

• “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.