timidus
Latin
Etymology
From timeō (“I fear”) + -idus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈti.mi.dus/, [ˈt̪ɪmɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈti.mi.dus/, [ˈt̪iːmid̪us]
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Adjective
timidus (feminine timida, neuter timidum, comparative timidior); first/second-declension adjective
- fearful, afraid, apprehensive, timid
- Synonym: pavidus
- cowardly
- Antonyms: audāx, audēns, prōmptus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | timidus | timida | timidum | timidī | timidae | timida | |
| Genitive | timidī | timidae | timidī | timidōrum | timidārum | timidōrum | |
| Dative | timidō | timidō | timidīs | ||||
| Accusative | timidum | timidam | timidum | timidōs | timidās | timida | |
| Ablative | timidō | timidā | timidō | timidīs | |||
| Vocative | timide | timida | timidum | timidī | timidae | timida | |
Derived terms
- timidē
- timiditās
- timidulē
Related terms
- timefactus
- timendus
- timēns
- timeō
- timor
- timōrātus
Descendants
- Catalan: tímid
- English: timid
- French: timide
- Galician: tímido
- Norman: tînmide
- Italian: timido
- Occitan: timid
- Portuguese: tímido
- Spanish: tímido
References
- “timidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “timidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- timidus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- timidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette