English → Latin
“tremble” in Latin
tremōto tremble, shake, shudder atcontremīscōto tremble all over; to waver; to be afraid ofhorreōto stand erect, stand on end; to tremble, shiver; to dread, be afraid ofmicōto vibrate, quiver; to twinkle, glitter, flash, gleam, beam, shine, to be bright; to trembleextimēscōto be greatly frightened; to dread
The English word tremble itself goes back to Latin tremō, through tremulō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tremble
tremere (general term): contremiscere: intremiscere (all three especially to shake with fear; of persons and things): horrere (to shudder, of persons): micare (to move to and fro, as a leaf, etc.): I tremble all over, or in every limb, totus tremo horreoque (Terentianus): toto pectore tremo (Cic.); omnibus artubus contremisco (Cic.): to tremble at anything, aliquid tremere, contremiscere, extimescere: I do not tremble at this danger, hoc ego periculum non extimesco (Cic.): to write with a trembling hand, vacillante manu scribere, epistolam exarare: the earth trembles, terra movetur or movet (movet in Liv., 35, 40, etc.), or quatitur (is shaken): the earth begins to tremble, terra intremiscit.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tremble?
- The usual Latin words for “tremble” are tremō, contremīscō, horreō; also micō, extimēscō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.