contremesco
Μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible
Latin > German (Georges)
con-tremēsco (con-tremīsco), tremuī, ere, heftig erzittern, erbeben, a) von Lebl.: tellus et aequora contremuerunt, Catull.: contremuit quercus, Ov.: quā (voce) protenus omne contremuit nemus, Verg. – b) v. Pers., gew. vor Furcht usw., α) absol.: me contremuisse timore perterritum, Cic. – c. totā mente atque artubus omnibus, Cic.: toto corpore (am g. K.), non poenae metu (aus F. vor der Str.), sed illius iudicii, Caecin. in Cic. ep. – provinciam Narbonensem incursu classis et adverso proelio contremuisse, sei in Schrecken geraten, Tac. – übtr. v. personif. Abstr., cuius in mea causa numquam fides virtusque contremuit, ist wankend gemacht worden, Cic. Sest. 68: quid contremescis senectus? Sen. contr. 2, 3 (11), 1. – β) m. Acc., vor etw. erzittern, erbeben, periculum, Hor.: non c. iniurias, non vulnera, non vincula, non egestatem, Sen.: c. Hannibalem Romano tonantem bello (v. Italien), Iustin.: quem daemones contremiscunt, Augustin. ep. 138, 18.
Latin > English
contremesco contremescere, contremui, - V :: tremble all over; shake (violently), quake; tremble at/with fear, be afraid of
