quaver
quaver
v. intrans.
P. and V. τρέμειν.
v. intrans.
P. and V. τρέμειν.
quaver
subs.
P. and V. τρόμος, ὁ.
subs.
P. and V. τρόμος, ὁ.
QUAVER
s. vox or sonus vibrans (Plin. 10 29 43).
s. vox or sonus vibrans (Plin. 10 29 43).
v. vibrissare (Titinn. ap. Fest.): vocem in cantando crispare (Fest. p. 159 Lindem.).
quaver (v.):
I. Prop. to sing with a shake in the voice (usu. mentioned as a beauty: "sweet old quavering ditties"):
1. vibrisso, 1, spec. term: vibrissare est vocem in cantando crispare, Fest. s. v.
2. As more gen. terms: cantillo, 1, Apul. Met. 4, p. 146: mŏdŭlor, 1, dep.: v.TO TRILL : TO WARBLE .
II. Also used of any vibrating motion which produces sound: v.TO VIBRATE .
III. To shake with fear (esp. of the voice): v.QUAVERING .
I. Prop. to sing with a shake in the voice (usu. mentioned as a beauty: "sweet old quavering ditties"):
1. vibrisso, 1, spec. term: vibrissare est vocem in cantando crispare, Fest. s. v.
2. As more gen. terms: cantillo, 1, Apul. Met. 4, p. 146: mŏdŭlor, 1, dep.: v.
II. Also used of any vibrating motion which produces sound: v.
III. To shake with fear (esp. of the voice): v.
quaver (subs. fr. the verb):
I. A shake in the voice, vox or sonus vibrans, Plin. 10, 29, 43.
II. A musical note : use the word, as indecl. (the sense being shown by the context).
I. A shake in the voice, vox or sonus vibrans, Plin. 10, 29, 43.
II. A musical note : use the word, as indecl. (the sense being shown by the context).