A.like τρέμω, tremble, quake, quiver, esp. from fear, “οἱ δὲ μάλ᾽ ἐτρόμεον καὶ ἐδείδισαν” Il.7.151; “τρομέουσι δέ τε φρένα ναῦται” 15.627; “τρομέοντο δέ οἱ φρένες ἐντός” 10.10: c. inf., fear to do, Theoc.27.29, 31; “τρομεῦσιν μὴ κακῶς ἀκούσωσι” Call.Iamb.1.328: simply, quiver, τρόμεσκε δὲ πάντ᾽ ἀπὸ τοῖο (sc. Βορέαο) Hes.Fr.96.89, cf. Q.S.12.506, Orph.L.560.
II. c. acc., tremble before or at a person, stand in awe of, “τόν τε τρομέουσι καὶ ἄλλοι” Il.17.203; “τοῦτόν γε τρομέεις καὶ δείδιας” Od. 18.80; “θάνατον τρομέεσθαι” 16.446, etc.—With and without acc. Hom. uses both Act. and Med., but only in pres. and impf.; Ep. and Ion. τρομεοίατο for τρομέοιντο, Il.10.492; Ion. part., “ἤθη δεσποτῶν τρομευμένους” Sol.36.12.—Poet. word, used in trans. sense by A.Pr.542 (lyr., Act.), Pers.64 (anap., Med.); but never by S. or E.: aor. ἐτρόμησα only late, LXX 1 Ma.2.24 (v.l. ἐτρόμασαν), POxy.416.10 (iii A. D.).
