LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

tremulus1

tremulus (feminine tremula, neuter tremulum)
Classical[ˈtrɛ.mʊ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtrɛː.mu.lus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveshaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremulous

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Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetremulustremulatremulum
genitivetremulītremulaetremulī
dativetremulōtremulaetremulō
accusativetremulumtremulamtremulum
ablativetremulōtremulātremulō
vocativetremuletremulatremulum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetremulītremulaetremula
genitivetremulōrumtremulārumtremulōrum
dativetremulīstremulīstremulīs
accusativetremulōstremulāstremula
ablativetremulīstremulīstremulīs
vocativetremulītremulaetremula

trĕmŭlus, a, um, adj. tremo.
I. Lit., shaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremulous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): anus, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 3; cf.: incurvus, tremulus, labiis demissis, gemens, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 45: manus annisque metuque, Ov. M. 10, 414; so, anni, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 73. tempus, Cat. 61, 161: passus (senilis hiemis), Ov. M. 15, 212: artus, Lucr. 3, 7: manus, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142: guttur, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14: ut mare fit tremulum, tenui cum stringitur aura, Ov. H. 11, 75: harundo, id. M. 11, 190: canna, id. ib. 6, 326: cupressus, Petr. 131: flamma, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Verg. E. 8, 105; cf.: jubar ignis, Lucr. 5, 696: ignes, id. 4, 405: lumen, Verg. A. 8, 22: motus, Lucr. 3, 301: horror, Prop. 1, 5, 15: lorum, Luc. 4, 444: colores, Claud. in Ruf. 2, 356: equi, i.e. restless, spirited, Nemes. Cyn. 256 (cf. Verg. G. 3, 84 and 250).— Subst.: sacopenium sanat vertigines, tremulos, opisthotonicos, i.e. shaking or trembling in the joints, Plin. 20, 18, 75, § 197; 20, 9, 34, § 85; 23, 4, 47, § 92.—In neutr., adverb.: (puella) tam tremulum crissat, tremblingly, Mart. 14, 203, 1. —
II. Transf., act., that causes one to shake or shiver: frigus, Cic. Arat. 68.—* Adv.: trĕmŭlē, tremblingly, App. M. 5, p. 168, 28.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin tremulus From tremō (“tremble”) + -ulus (“-ing”).

Learned borrowings
  • Catalantrèmul
  • Englishtremulous
  • Italiantremulo
  • Portuguesetrémulo
  • Portuguesetrêmulo
  • Spanishtrémulo
  • Galiciantrémulo
With the sense of 'electric ray'
  • Italiantremola
  • Italiantremella
  • Occitantremolina
  • Galiciantremo
  • Middle Frenchtremble
  • Middle Frenchtromble
With the original sense of 'trembling'
  • Italiantremolo
  • Sardiniantremulu
  • Galiciantremo
  • Old Occitantremol
With the sense of 'tremor, minor earthquake'
  • Spanishtiemblo
  • Galiciantremo
With the sense of 'quaking bog'
  • Galiciantremo
  • Galiciantrema
  • Galiciantrémbora
With the sense of 'clover'
  • Old Frenchtranline
  • Old Frenchtrambline
  • Picardtramène
  • Walloontrimbleune
noun · masculinesecond declension
tremulus2
tremulus m (genitive tremulī)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinmasculinequaking aspen, trembling poplar

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetremulustremulī
genitivetremulītremulōrum
dativetremulōtremulīs
accusativetremulumtremulōs
ablativetremulōtremulīs
vocativetremuletremulī

Origins

Substantivization of etymology 1. Attested in the sixth century in the works of Plinius Valerius.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalantrèmol
  • Frenchtremble
  • Occitantremol
  • Occitantremola
  • Occitantremble
  • Franco-Provençaltrembllo
Italo-Romance
  • Italiantremula
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishtiemblo
North Italian
  • Ladintremolo
  • Piedmontesetremmu
  • Piedmontesetermu
  • Romanshtriembal
  • Romanshtrembel

Quick answers

What does tremulus mean in Latin?
tremulus, a adjective, means “shaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremulous”.
How do you pronounce tremulus?
In classical Latin, [ˈtrɛ.mʊ.ɫʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtrɛː.mu.lus].