Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *trémō, from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (to tremble),[1] extended form of Proto-Indo-European *ter-. The extended form Proto-Indo-European *tres- also yielded τρέω (tréō, to dread, to terrify).

Cognate with Latin tremō, Avestan 𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (trərəsaiti), Ancient Greek τρέω (tréō), Old Irish tarrach, Lithuanian trišu, Latvian trisēt, Old Church Slavonic трѧсѫ (tręsǫ) and Sanskrit त्रसति (trasati).
Also see τρόμος (trómos), τρομέω (troméō).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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τρέμω (trémō)

  1. to tremble in fear; to be afraid

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: τρέμω (trémo)
  • Mariupol Greek: тре́му (trjému)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τρέμω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1502-3

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τρέμω (trémō).

Compare Mariupol Greek тре́му (trjému).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtremo/
  • Hyphenation: τρέ‧μω

Verb

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τρέμω (trémo) (imperfect έτρεμα) found only in the imperfective tenses

  1. to tremble, shake, shiver
    Synonyms: ανατριχιάζω (anatrichiázo), ριγώ (rigó)
  2. (figuratively) to fear, shake from fear
    Synonyms: φοβάμαι (fovámai), τρομάζω (tromázo)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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