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.—
(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.
