tremendus

== Latin == === Etymology === Future passive participle (gerundive) of tremō (“to tremble, shake, or shudder at”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trɛˈmɛn.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [treˈmɛn.dus] === Participle === tremendus (feminine tremenda, neuter tremendum); first/second-declension participle which is to be trembled, shaken, or shuddered at, awe-inspiring terrible, horrific ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: tremend → English: tremendous Galician: tremendo Italian: tremendo Portuguese: tremendo Spanish: tremendo === References === “tremendus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tremendus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “tremendus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.