tremendus

Latin

Etymology

Future passive participle (gerundive) of tremō (“I tremble, shake, or shudder at”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /treˈmen.dus/, [t̪rɛˈmɛn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /treˈmen.dus/, [t̪reˈmɛn̪d̪us]

Participle

tremendus (feminine tremenda, neuter tremendum); first/second-declension participle

1. which is to be trembled, shaken, or shuddered at, awe-inspiring
2. terrible, horrific

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tremendus	tremenda	tremendum		tremendī	tremendae	tremenda
genitive	tremendī	tremendae	tremendī		tremendōrum	tremendārum	tremendōrum
dative	tremendō	tremendae	tremendō		tremendīs
accusative	tremendum	tremendam	tremendum		tremendōs	tremendās	tremenda
ablative	tremendō	tremendā	tremendō		tremendīs
vocative	tremende	tremenda	tremendum		tremendī	tremendae	tremenda

Descendants

• Catalan: tremend
• English: tremendous
• Galician: tremendo
• Italian: tremendo
• Portuguese: tremendo
• Spanish: tremendo

References

• “tremendus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tremendus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tremendus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.