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Latin
Etymology 1
From tremō (“tremble”) + -ulus (“-ing”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tremulus (feminine tremula, neuter tremulum); first/second-declension adjective
- shaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremulous
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
- With the original sense of 'trembling':
- With the sense of 'electric ray':
- With the sense of 'tremor, minor earthquake':
- With the sense of 'quaking bog':
- With the sense of 'clover':
- Learned borrowings:
Etymology 2
Substantivization of etymology 1. Attested in the sixth century in the works of Plinius Valerius.
Noun
tremulus m (genitive tremulī); second declension (Late Latin)
- quaking aspen, trembling poplar
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
Further reading
- “tremulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tremulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tremulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tremulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.