con-trĕmisco, mŭi, 3
* V. inch. n. and a.
* Neutr., to tremble all over, to shake, quake (rare but class.): totā mente atque omnibus artubus,Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121; cf.: toto corpore contremisco, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4: contremuere,Lucr. 3, 835; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58; Verg. A. 7, 515; Ov. M. 8, 761.
* Transf., of abstract subjects (rare): cujus in meā causā numquam fides virtusque contremuit,i. e. have never wavered,Cic. Sest. 31, 68: quid contremescis senectus,Sen. Contr. 3, 11, 1.
* Act., aliquid, to shake on account of something, to tremble at a thing, be afraid of (perh. not ante-Aug.): non contremiscamus injurias, non vulnera, etc.,Sen. Ep. 65, 24; Sid. Ep. 9, 11: periculum, * Hor. C. 2, 12, 8: Hannibalem Italia contremuit,Just. 32, 4, 10.

s. TLL