verb
trepit
trepit (3rd-person singular active indicative)
Classical[ˈtrɛ.pɪt]Ecclesiastical[ˈtrɛː.pit]
Meaning
- activeindicativesingularthird personto turn
trepit vertit, unde trepido et trepidatio, quia turbatione mens vertitur
"trepit" means "to turn," whence "trepido (“to tremble”)" and "trepidatio (“agitation”)," because the mind is turned by a disturbancec. 2nd century, Sextus Pompeius Festus, De verborum significatione 367
trĕpit vertit, unde trepido et trepidatio, quia turbatione mens vertitur, Fest. p. 367 Müll. [ = τρέπει].
Origins
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *trépeti, the thematic root present of Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn”). However, De Vaan doubts the connection between the root *trep- and the terms trepido (“to tremble”) and trepidatio (“agitation”); he instead proposes that the word may be a nonce term created based on Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō, “to turn”).