shiver (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.1. commĭnuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to break into small pieces)2. confringo, frēgi, fractum, 33. ēlīdo, 3B. Intrans.I. Lit., to s. or tremble with coldII. To shudder with fear, etc. • shiver (v.): A. Trans.: To dash or break in pieces: 1. commĭnuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to break into small pieces): Cic. Pis. 38, 93: v. to break in pieces. 2. confringo, frēgi, fractum, 3: to s. pots and cups, aulas calicesque c., Pl. Cap. 4, 4, 8: swords s.'d by swords, confracti ensibus enses, Lucan 7, 573. 3. ēlīdo, 3: v. to dash in pieces. B. Intrans.: I. Lit., to s. or tremble with cold: horreo, 2: not to furnish a tunic to the s.ing slave, horrenti tunicam non reddere servo, Juv. 1, 93: and although you yourself will s., quamvis horrebis et ipse, Ov. A. A. 2, 213. II. To shudder with fear, etc.: trĕmo, 3: contrĕmisco, 3: v. to shudder.