noun · masculinethird declension
tremor
tremor m (genitive tremōris)
Classical[ˈtrɛ.mɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈtrɛː.mor]
Meaning
- masculinetrembling, quaking, tremor
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
corporis motus timentistremor -ōris (m) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 16
mōtus terraetremor -ōris (m) — in Epistulae, ch. 16
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tremor | tremōrēs |
| genitive | tremōris | tremōrum |
| dative | tremōrī | tremōribus |
| accusative | tremōrem | tremōrēs |
| ablative | tremōre | tremōribus |
| vocative | tremor | tremōrēs |
trĕmor, ōris, m. tremo,
I. a shaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremor.
I. Lit.
A. In gen. (class.; cf. trepidatio);
terrorem pallor et tremor consequitur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19; cf id. Ac. 2, 15, 48: quo tremore et pallore dixit! id. Fl. 4, 10: omnia corusca prae tremore fabulor, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 42: gelidusque per ima cucurrit Ossa tremor, Verg. A. 2, 121: subitus tremor occupat artus, id. ib. 7, 446; Ov M. 3, 40: donec manibus tremor incidat unctis, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 23: tota tremor pertemptet equorum Corpora, Verg G 3, 250: errat per artus, Sen. Herc Oet. 706. — Plur., Plin. 24, 7, 24, § 40.—Personified: Frigus iners illic habitant Pallorque Tremorque, Ov. M. 8, 790.—b. Of inanim. things:
dum tremor (ignium) est clarus, Lucr. 5, 587. — B. In partic., an earthquake:
tremor terras graviter pertentat, Lucr. 6, 287; 6, 577; Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 27.—In plur., Lucr. 6, 547; Ov. M. 6, 699; 15, 271; 15, 798; Luc. 7, 414; cf. Sen. Q. N. 6, 21, 3; Plin. 36, 10, 15, § 73.—II. Transf., act., like terror, of that which causes trembling, fear, etc., a dread, terror (very rare):
(Cacus) silvarum tremor, Mart. 5, 65, 5; cf. id. 5, 24, 4: ponti, Petr. 123.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tremor ōris, m
2 TER-, a shaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremor : terrorem tremor consequatur: gelidus: donec manibus tremor incidat unctis, H.—Person.: Frigus iners illic habitant Pallorque Tremorque, O.— An earthquake : Unde tremor terris, V.: imis commota tremoribus orbis, O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin tremor From tremō + -or.
Descendants
- Englishtremor
- Frenchtrémeur
- Italiantremore
- Portuguesetremor
- Spanishtremor
- Bourguignoncremmeurfrom Old French cremor
- Friuliantrimôr
- Galiciantremor
- Siciliantrimuri
In English words that came into English from tremor
- tremortremor