extimesco

ex-tĭmesco, mŭi, 3, v. inch. n. and a., to be greatly afraid of, to fear greatly; to await with fear, to dread (class.).

I.

Neutr.:

equi ipsi gladiatorum repentinis sibilis extimescebant,

Cic. Sest. 59, 126:

extimui illico,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 26:

de fortunis communibus,

Cic. Deiot. 1, 3:

ne id jure evenerit,

id. Ac. 2, 38, 121; so with ne, Hor. S. 2, 3, 174.— Pass. impers.:

si filius Arminii in regnum venisset, posse extimesci,

Tac. A. 11, 16.—

II.

Act.:

patrem,

Ter. Ph. 1, 3, 2:

nihil est quod adventum nostrum extimescas,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 4:

cerulas tuas miniatulas,

id. Att. 16, 11, 1: nullam rem aliam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:

magistrum,

Hor. A. P. 415:

nec ob eam causam fatum aut necessitas extimescenda est,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28:

periculum ab aliquo,

id. Phil. 7, 1, 2.