timor

From timeō (“I fear”) +‎ -or.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɪ.mɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪iː.mor]

timor m (genitive timōris); third declension

1. fear, dread

   Synonyms: terror, pavor, metus

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.13:

     “Dēgenerēs animōs timor arguit. [...].”

     “Fear reveals ignoble souls.”
     (Dido is implying the opposite: Aeneas is fearless.)

   • Office of the Dead, Matins Third Nocturn:

     Peccantem me quotidie, et non poenitentem, timor mortis conturbat me. Quia in inferno nulla est redemptio, miserere mei, Deus, et salva me.

     Sinning daily, and not repenting, the fear of death disturbs me. Because there is no redemption in hell, have mercy on me, O God, and save me.

2. (poetic) awe, reverence

Third-declension noun.

• “timor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “timor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• timor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to inspire fear, terror: timorem, terrorem alicui inicere, more strongly incutere
    
  • fear comes upon some one: timor aliquem occupat (B. G. 1. 39)
    
  • to be in fear: in timore esse, versari
    
  • to become frightened: in timorem venire, pervenire
    
  • to banish one's fears: abicere, omittere timorem
    

timor

1. (1924-1972) obsolete spelling of timur

timor

1. (1924-1972) obsolete spelling of timur

timor

1. wind