τρέμω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *trémō, from Proto-Indo-European *trem-, extended form of Proto-Indo-European *ter-. The extended form Proto-Indo-European *tres- also yielded τρέω (tréō, “to dread, to terrify”).

Cognate with Latin tremō, Avestan 𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (trərəsaiti), Ancient Greek τρέω (tréō), Old Irish tarrach, Lithuanian trišu, Latvian trisēt, Old Church Slavonic трѧсѫ (tręsǫ) and Sanskrit त्रसति (trasati).
Also see τρόμος (trómos), τρομέω (troméō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τρέμω • (trémō)

  1. to tremble in fear; to be afraid

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: τρέμω (trémo)
  • Mariupol Greek: тре́му (trjému)

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρέμω (trémō).

Compare Mariupol Greek тре́му (trjému).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtremo/
  • Hyphenation: τρέ‧μω

Verb

τρέμω • (trémo) (imperfect έτρεμα) found only in the imperfective tenses

  1. tremble, shake, shiver
    Synonyms: ανατριχιάζω (anatrichiázo), ριγώ (rigó)
  2. (figuratively) I fear, shake from fear
    Synonyms: φοβάμαι (fovámai), τρομάζω (tromázo)

Conjugation

  • τρεμάμενος (tremámenos)
  • τρέμολο n (trémolo, “tremolo”) (music)
  • τρεμοπαίζω (tremopaízo)
  • τρεμοσβήνω (tremosvíno)
  • τρεμόσβηστος (tremósvistos)
  • τρεμούλα f (tremoúla)
  • τρεμουλιάζω (tremouliázo)
  • τρεμουλιάρης (tremouliáris)
  • τρεμουλιάρικος (tremouliárikos)
  • τρεμούλιασμα n (tremoúliasma)
  • τρεμουλιαστός (tremouliastós)
  • τρέμουλο (trémoulo)
  • τρεμοφέγγισμα n (tremoféngisma)
  • τρεμοφέγγω (tremoféngo)
  • τρέμω σαν το ψάρι (trémo san to psári, “shake like a leaf -lit:like a fish-”)

Further reading

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