formīdo Copy link Outline I. to fear, dread any thing; to be afraid ...(a). With acc.(b). With inf.(g). With ut or ne(d). With dat. ⓘformīdandum | ve: gerundive neut nom/voc/acc sg · gerundive masc acc sg · gerundive masc/neut gen pl (poetic) • formīdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [v. 2. formido], I. to fear, dread any thing; to be afraid, terrified, frightened (class.; syn.: metuo, timeo, vereor, trepido, tremo, paveo). α. With acc.: illum, Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 5: et illud paveo et hoc formido, id. Cist. 2, 1, 58: malum (shortly after: metuo malum), id. Am. prol. 27: ipse se cruciat omniaque formidat, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 53: illius iracundiam formidant, id. Att. 8, 16, 2: ἀπότευγμα formido et timeo, ne, etc., id. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2: cum formidet te mulier, Hor. S. 2, 7, 65: fures, id. ib. 1, 1, 77: acumen judicis, id. A. P. 364: nocturnos tepores, id. Ep. 1, 18, 93. —In pass.: hic classe formidatus, Hor. C. 3, 6, 15: formidata Parthis Roma, id. Ep. 2, 1, 256: nautis formidatus Apollo (i. e. the temple of Apollo on the Leucadian promontory), Verg. A. 3, 275; cf.: nec formidatis auxiliatur aquis, i. e. the hydrophobia, Ov. P. 1, 3, 24: quo etiam satietas formidanda est magis, Cic. Or. 63, 213.— β. With inf.: si isti formidas credere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 82; cf.: ad haec ego naribus uti Formido, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 46: meus formidat animus, nostrum tam diu ibi sedere filium, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 4.— γ. With ut or ne: aliquem non formido, ut, etc., Vop. Tac. 2, § 2: formido miser, ne, etc., Plaut. As. 2, 4, 55.— δ. With dat.: auro formidat Euclio: abstrudit foris, fears for the gold, Plaut. Aul. argum. 6.—(ε) With si: male formido, si hera mea sciat tam socordem esse quam sum, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 4.—(ζ) Absol.: intus paveo et foris formido, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 20: ne formida, id. Mil. 4, 2, 20; id. As. 2, 4, 56; 3, 3, 48; id. Mil. 3, 3, 20: neque prius desinam formidare, quam tetigisse te Italiam audiero, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 1.
formīdō Copy link ⓘformīdandum | ve: gerundive neut nom/voc/acc sg · gerundive masc acc sg · gerundive masc/neut gen pl (poetic) • 1 formīdō, āvī, ātum, āre (formido 2), tr., redouter, craindre : Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2 ; Fin. 2, 53 ; [avec inf.] Pl. Ps. 316 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 46, hésiter à ; [avec ne] craindre que... ne : Pl. Amph. 304 || alicui Pl. Amph. 1118 ; Acc. Tr. 354, craindre pour qqn.
formīdō Copy link ⓘformīdandum | ve: gerundive neut nom/voc/acc sg · gerundive masc acc sg · gerundive masc/neut gen pl (poetic) • 2 formīdō, ĭnis, f., crainte, peur, effroi, terreur : formidinem alicui injicere Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68 ; inferre Tac. H. 2, 15, inspirer de l'effroi à qqn || formidines similium incommodorum Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 23, l'effroi de pareils dommages || ce qui inspire de l'effroi, épouvantail : Cic. Fin. 5, 31 ; Tusc. 1, 36 ; Virg. G. 4, 468 ; Sall. J. 23, 1 || épouvantail, corde garnie de plumes de couleur tendue devant les animaux pour les rabattre aux filets : Sen. Ira 2, 11, 5 ; Virg. En. 12, 750.