rĕ-formīdo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-formīdo, no
I perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to fear greatly, to dread, to stand in awe of, to shun or avoid through fear (class.).
(a) With acc.:
si qui imbecillius horrent dolorem et reformidant,Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:
ea fugiat et reformidet oratio,id. ib. 1, 45, 108; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 32:
homines maritimos,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69; so,
aliquem,Quint. 1, 2, 18; 10, 7, 16:
bellum,Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 19:
crimen amicitiae,id. Cael. 6, 14:
reprehensionem vulgi,id. Fin. 3, 2, § 7:
hunc locum,id. Caecin. 29, 84:
ferrum,Quint. 2, 4, 11:
arbitros,id. 10, 7, 16:
communem loquendi morem,id. 8, 2, 17:
posteritatis memoriam,Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 2:
occursum,id. ib. 1, 10, 7:
quorum mentionem,Curt. 6, 9, 3:
sapientiae studium et praecepta prudentium penitus,Tac. Or. 32 al.—
(b) With inf.:
ea dicere reformidat,Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 9:
ominari,Liv. 9, 34:
comparari tibi,Plin. Pan. 44, 4. —*
(g) With rel.-clause:
nec, quid tibi de alio audienti, de se ipso occurrat, reformidat,Cic. Lig. 2, 6.—*
(d) With quod:
neque se reformidare, quod in senatu Pompeius dixisset, ad quos legati mitterentur, iis auctoritatem attribui,Caes. B. C. 1, 32 fin. —(e) Absol.:
vide, quam non reformidem,Cic. Lig. 3, 6; Hor. S. 2, 7, 2.—
b Of things:
etenim fides mea custodem repudiat, diligentia speculatorem reformidat,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51:
tum bracchia (vitium) tonde: Ante reformidant ferrum,Verg. G. 2, 369:
reformidant insuetum lumina solem,Ov. P. 3, 4, 49:
mens reformidat tempus,id. Tr. 3, 6, 29:
reformidat vulnus humus,id. F. 1, 666:
membra mollem quoque saucia tactum,id. ib. 2, 7, 13:
medentium manus crudum adhuc vulnus,Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11; Col. 3, 10, 20.— Absol.:
putatio non debet secundum articulum fieri, ne reformidet oculus,i. e. be checked in its growth, cease growing, Col. 4, 9, 1; 4, 11, 1; 4, 24, 15; 4, 33, 4.