timidus

Latin

Etymology

From timeō (“I fear”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

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.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative timidus timida timidum timidī timidae timida
genitive timidī timidae timidī timidōrum timidārum timidōrum
dative timidō timidae timidō timidīs
accusative timidum timidam timidum timidōs timidās timida
ablative timidō timidā timidō timidīs
vocative timide timida timidum timidī timidae timida

Derived terms

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.
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