trepidus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to tremble”) + -idus. Cognate with Russian трепа́ть (trepátʹ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛ.pɪ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛː.pi.dus]

Adjective

trepidus (feminine trepida, neuter trepidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. nervous, jumpy, agitated
2. perilous, alarming
3. fearful, trepidatious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	trepidus	trepida	trepidum		trepidī	trepidae	trepida
genitive	trepidī	trepidae	trepidī		trepidōrum	trepidārum	trepidōrum
dative	trepidō	trepidae	trepidō		trepidīs
accusative	trepidum	trepidam	trepidum		trepidōs	trepidās	trepida
ablative	trepidō	trepidā	trepidō		trepidīs
vocative	trepide	trepida	trepidum		trepidī	trepidae	trepida

Derived terms

• intrepidus
• trepidō

Descendants

• → English: trepid
• → Italian: trepido
• → Portuguese: trépido

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “trepidus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 628
• “trepidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “trepidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “trepidus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.