trepidatio

Latin

Etymology

Derived from trepidō (“I tremble, waver”) +‎ -tiō (“-ation”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tre.piˈdaː.ti.oː/, [t̪rɛpɪˈd̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tre.piˈdat.t͡si.o/, [t̪repiˈd̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

trepidātiō f (genitive trepidātiōnis); third declension

1. agitation, confusion, trepidation
2. the act of trembling or twitching

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	trepidātiō	trepidātiōnēs
genitive	trepidātiōnis	trepidātiōnum
dative	trepidātiōnī	trepidātiōnibus
accusative	trepidātiōnem	trepidātiōnēs
ablative	trepidātiōne	trepidātiōnibus
vocative	trepidātiō	trepidātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: trepidation
• French: trépidation
• Italian: trepidazione
• Portuguese: trepidação
• Spanish: trepidación

References

• “trepidatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “trepidatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• trepidatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.