τρομ-έω,
like{τρέμω}, tremble, quake, quiver, especially from fear, οἱ δὲ μάλ᾽ ἐτρόμεον καὶ ἐδείδισαν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.151; τρομέουσι δέ τε φρένα ναῦται 15.627; τρομέοντο δέ οἱ φρένες ἐντός 10.10 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with infinitive, fear to do, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.29, 31; τρομεῦσιν μὴ κακῶς ἀκούσωσι 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.328 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: simply, quiver, τρόμεσκε δὲ πάντ᾽ ἀπὸ τοῖο (i.e. Βορέαο) [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 96.89, compare 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 12.506, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 560. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II with accusative, tremble before or at a person, stand in awe of, τόν τε τρομέουσι καὶ ἄλλοι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.203; τοῦτόν γε τρομέεις καὶ δείδιας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.80; θάνατον τρομέεσθαι 16.446, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]—With and without accusative [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] uses both active and middle, but only in present and imperfect; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect τρομεοίατο for τρομέοιντο, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.492 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect participle, ἤθη δεσποτῶν τρομευμένους [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 36.12.] Refs 6th c.BC+]—poetical word, used in transitive sense by [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 542 (Lyric poetry, _active_), “Pers.” 64 (_anapaest meter_, _middle_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but never by [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus or 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐτρόμησα only late, [[ LXX.1Mac.2.24 (variant{ἐτρόμασαν}), “POxy.” 416.10 (3rd c.AD). ] LXX+3rd c.AD+]