contremuit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contremesco, contremescere, contremui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tremble all over; shake (violently), quake; tremble at/with fear, be afraid of;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...cornuque recurvo Tartaream intendit vocem, qua protinus omne contremuit nemus et silvae insonuere profundae; audiit et Triviae longe..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dixit, et obliquos dum telum librat in ictus, contremuit gemitumque dedit Deoia quercus, et pariter frondes, pariter pallescere..."