trepidus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to tremble”) + -idus. Cognate with Russian трепа́ть (trepátʹ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtre.pi.dus/, [ˈtrɛ.pɪ.dʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtre.pi.dus/, [ˈtreː.pi.dus]
Adjective
trepidus (feminine trepida, neuter trepidum); first/second declension
- nervous, jumpy, agitated
- perilous, alarming
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | trepidus | trepida | trepidum | trepidī | trepidae | trepida | |
| Genitive | trepidī | trepidae | trepidī | trepidōrum | trepidārum | trepidōrum | |
| Dative | trepidō | trepidae | trepidō | trepidīs | trepidīs | trepidīs | |
| Accusative | trepidum | trepidam | trepidum | trepidōs | trepidās | trepida | |
| Ablative | trepidō | trepidā | trepidō | trepidīs | trepidīs | trepidīs | |
| Vocative | trepide | trepida | trepidum | trepidī | trepidae | trepida | |
Derived terms
- intrepidus
- trepidō
Descendants
- English: trepid
- Italian: trepido
- Portuguese: trépido
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “trepidus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 628
- trepidus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trepidus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- trepidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette