(verb) : trĕmesco (trĕmisco), ĕre, and
* A. inch. [tremo], to begin to shake or tremble, to shake, quake, or tremble for fear; to quake or tremble at a thing (poet.): plaustri concussa tremescunt Tecta viam propter,Lucr. 6, 548: tonitruque tremescunt Ardua terrarum,Verg. A. 5, 694: jubeo tremescere montes,Ov. M. 7, 205: latitans omnemque tremescens Ad strepitum,id. ib. 14, 214.—With acc.: sonitumque pedum vocemque tremesco,Verg. A. 3, 648: Phrygia arma,id. ib. 11, 403.—With object-clause: telum instare tremescit,Verg. A. 12, 916.— With rel.-clause: quercum nutantem nemus et mons ipse tremescit, Quā tellure cadat,Stat. Th. 9, 535.