tremendus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Future passive participle (gerundive) of tremō (“I tremble, shake, or shudder at”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /treˈmen.dus/, [t̪rɛˈmɛn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /treˈmen.dus/, [t̪reˈmɛn̪d̪us]
Participle
[edit]tremendus (feminine tremenda, neuter tremendum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- Catalan: tremend
- English: tremendous
- Galician: tremendo
- Italian: tremendo
- Portuguese: tremendo
- Spanish: tremendo
References
[edit]- “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.