timidus

Latin

Etymology

From timeō ‎(“I fear”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.mi.dus/

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Adjective

timidus m ‎(feminine timida, neuter timidum); first/second declension

1. fearful, afraid, apprehensive, timid
2. cowardly

Inflection

First/second declension.

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
• Norman: tînmide
• Italian: timido
• Spanish: tímido, tímida

References

• timidus in Charlton T. Lewis & 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, 1883–1887)
• timidus in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.