trepidus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to tremble”) + -idus. Cognate with Russian трепа́ть (trepátʹ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

trepidus (feminine trepida, neuter trepidum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. nervous, jumpy, agitated
  2. perilous, alarming

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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 trepidō trepidīs
Accusative trepidum trepidam trepidum trepidōs trepidās trepida
Ablative trepidō trepidā trepidō trepidīs
Vocative trepide trepida trepidum trepidī trepidae trepida

Derived terms

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, →ISBN, 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.
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