timidus

Latin

Etymology

From timeō (“I fear”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈti.mi.dus/, [ˈt̪ɪmɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.mi.dus/, [ˈt̪iːmid̪us]

Adjective

timidus (feminine timida, neuter timidum, comparative timidior); first/second-declension adjective

1. fearful, afraid, apprehensive, timid

   Synonym: pavidus

2. 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
• Romanian: timid
• 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.