mĕtĭcŭlōsus — Lewis & Short
mĕtĭcŭlōsus, a, um, adj.metus,
I full of fear.
I Fearful, timid (ante- and postclass.):
nullus est hoc meticulosus aeque,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 137; Dig. 4, 2, 7:
lepus,App. Flor. p. 341, 9.—*
II Frightful, terrible:
res,Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 52.