LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

contremō

contremō (present infinitive contremere, perfect active contremuī)
Classical[ˈkɔn.trɛ.moː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔn.tre.mo]

Meaning

  1. to quake

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.contremōcontremēbamcontremamcontremuīcontremueramcontremuerō
2nd sg.contremiscontremēbāscontremēscontremuistīcontremuerāscontremueris
3rd sg.contremitcontremēbatcontremetcontremuitcontremueratcontremuerit
1st pl.contremimuscontremēbāmuscontremēmuscontremuimuscontremuerāmuscontremuerimus
2nd pl.contremitiscontremēbātiscontremētiscontremuistiscontremuerātiscontremueritis
3rd pl.contremuntcontremēbantcontrementcontremuērunt
contremuēre
contremuerantcontremuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.contremamcontremeremcontremuerimcontremuissem
2nd sg.contremāscontremerēscontremuerīscontremuissēs
3rd sg.contrematcontremeretcontremueritcontremuisset
1st pl.contremāmuscontremerēmuscontremuerīmuscontremuissēmus
2nd pl.contremātiscontremerētiscontremuerītiscontremuissētis
3rd pl.contremantcontremerentcontremuerintcontremuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.contreme—
pres. 2nd pl.contremite—
fut. 2nd sg.contremitō—
fut. 3rd sg.contremitō—
fut. 2nd pl.contremitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.contremuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecontremere—
perfect infinitivecontremuisse—
present participlecontremēns—
gerundcontremendī, contremendō, contremendum

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

caelum tonitru contremit
the heavens are shaken by the thunder.

con-trĕmo, ŭi, 3,
I. v. n., to tremble greatly, to quake (rare): caelum tonitru contremit, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157 (Trag. Rel. v. 413 Rib.): fulminis horribili cum plagā torrida tellus Contremit, Lucr. 5, 1220.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincontremō

Latin tremō Latin contremō From con- + tremō.

Quick answers

What does contremō mean in Latin?
contremō, a verb, means “to quake”.
What are the principal parts of contremō?
contremō, contremere, contremuī (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce contremō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkɔn.trɛ.moː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkɔn.tre.mo].
Where does contremō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin contremō.