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impavidus

impavidus · adj

fearless

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

impăvĭdus — Lewis & Short

impăvĭdus (inp-), a, um, adj.2. inpavidus,

I fearless, undaunted, intrepid (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): ludere pendentes pueros et lambere matrem Impavidos, Verg. A. 8, 633: si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae, Hor. C. 3, 3, 7: Teucer et Sthenelus, id. ib. 1, 15, 23: Gradivus, Ov. M. 14, 820: infantes, Plin. 28, 19, 78, § 258; 2, 81, 83, § 196: leo, Verg. A. 12, 8: lepus, Ov. M. 15, 100: pectora, Liv. 21, 30, 2: equi, id. 37, 20, 11: gens ingenio, id. 42, 59, 2; Curt. 9, 6, 24: soni, Ov. F. 2, 840.—Adv.: impăvĭdē, fearlessly, intrepidly: exhausto poculo, Liv. 39, 50, 8; 30, 15, 8.

In the wild

6 of 34 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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