tĭmĭdus — Lewis & Short
tĭmĭdus, a, um, adj.timeo,
I fearful, afraid, faint-hearted, cowardly, timid (opp. audax; cf.: pavidus, trepidus, iners, ignavus): timido metu refugere, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 218; id. ap. Fin. 5, 11, 31 (Trag. v. 46 Vahl.); cf.:
nimium me timidum fuisse confiteor,Cic. Sest. 16, 36:
se timidum atque ignavum judicari,id. Fam. 11, 18, 1:
timidus ac tremens,id. Pis. 30, 74:
imbelles timidique,id. Off. 1, 24, 83:
timidus imperitusque,id. Caecin. 7, 18:
timidus in labore militari,id. Fam. 1, 17, 1:
non timidus ad mortem,id. Fin. 2, 20, 63 et saep.:
timidus animus, humilis, demissus fractusque,id. Off. 3, 32, 115:
spes,Ov. H. 16, 375:
amor,id. ib. 18 (19), 172:
fides,id. M. 9, 792:
manus,id. Tr. 2, 228:
tergum,Hor. C. 3, 2, 16:
navis,Ov. F. 1, 4:
timido cursu Fugit,id. M. 1, 525:
preces,id. Tr. 5, 8, 28:
pro cauto timidus accipitur,Sen. Ep. 45, 7:
in bello fortis, in foro timidus,id. ib. 120, 9.— In a good sense = cautus, cautious:
mater timidi non solet flere,Nep. Thras. 2, 3.— Comp.:
adversis mediocribus timidiores,Hirt. B. G. 8, 13:
nihil timidius columbā,Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 3:
timidiora mandata videbantur, quam, etc.,Cic. Fam. 11, 18, 1. — Sup.:
timidissime Phineu,Ov. M. 5, 224:
turba, columbae,id. A. A. 1, 117.—
(b) With inf. (poet.):
Codrus pro patriā non timidus mori,Hor. C. 3, 19, 2:
non timidus pro patriā perire,id. ib. 4, 9, 52:
agitare aprum,Sil. 16, 575.—
(g) With gen. (poet. and in postAug. prose):
timidus procellae,Hor. A. P. 28; so,
deorum,Ov. M. 5, 100: animalia timida lucis, that shun the light, i. e. remote from the light, dark, Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 6:
timidum doloris ac mortis,Lact. 3, 26. — Hence, adv.: tĭmĭdē, fearfully, timidly:
timide (opp. fidenter),Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67:
timide aliquid facere,id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55:
dicere,id. Planc. 10, 24:
timide vel potius verecunde,id. Fin. 5, 2, 6; id. Quint. 16, 51; id. Sull. 29, 80; Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 25; id. B. C. 1, 19; Hor. A. P. 171; Ov. M. 1, 746; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 2; Sen. Hippol. 393.—Comp.:
timidius dicere,Cic. Caecin. 27, 77:
cum omnia trepidantius timidiusque ageret,Caes. B. C. 1, 19.—Sup.:
quod timidissime dicendum est,Quint. 11, 1, 77.