timidus

tĭmĭdus, a, um, adj. [timeo], 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.—

(β).

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.—

(γ).

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.