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  • 1 īgnāvus

        īgnāvus adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 in+gnavus], inactive, lazy, slothful, idle, sluggish, listless, without spirit, cowardly, dastardly: adeon me ignavom putas, Ut, etc., T.: homo ignavior: miles: ex ignavo strenuum exercitum fieri, S.: ignavissimus ad opera hostis, L.: legiones operum, Ta.: canis adversum lupos, H.: senectus: animo, Ta. —As subst m.: in bello poena ignavis ab imperatoribus constituitur: in victoriā vel ignavis gloriari licet, S.—Poet.: nemora, i. e. unfruitful, V.: otia, O.: lux, an idle day, Iu.—That renders slothful, making inactive: ratio, relaxing: genus hoc interrogationis: frigus, O.: aestus, O.
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    ignava -um, ignavior -or -us, ignavissimus -a -um ADJ
    lazy/idle/sluggish; spiritless; cowardly, faint-hearted; ignoble, mean; useless

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  • 2 timidus

        timidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 TEM-], fearful, afraid, faint-hearted, cowardly, timid: refugere timido metu: nimium me timidum fuisse confiteor: non timidus ad mortem: spes, O.: tergum, H.: timido cursu Fugit, O.: mater timidi flere non solet, i. e. cautious, N.: timidiora mandata videbantur, quam, etc.: timidissime Phineu, O.: timidissima turba, columbae, O.: pro patriā non timidus mori, H.: timidus procellae, H.: deorum, O.— Plur m. as subst: timidos atque supplices odisse, cowards.
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    timida -um, timidior -or -us, timidissimus -a -um ADJ
    timid; cowardly; fearful, apprehensive; without courage; afraid to

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  • 3 cussiliris

    cussiliris, cussilire ADJ
    lazy/idle/sluggish; spiritless; cowardly, faint-hearted; ignoble, mean; useless

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  • 4 pusillanimis

    pŭsillănĭmis, e, adj. [pusillus - animus], faint - hearted, timid, pusillanimous (post-class.):

    pusillanimes consolari,

    Vulg. 1 Thess. 5, 14; Tert. Fug. in Pers. 9; Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 1, 20; Sid. Ep. 7, 17 fin.

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  • 5 timidus

    tĭmĭdus, a, um, adj. [timeo], fearful, afraid, faint-hearted, cowardly, timid (opp. audax; cf.: pavidus, trepidus, iners, ignavus): timido metu refugere, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 218; id. ap. Fin. 5, 11, 31 (Trag. v. 46 Vahl.); cf.:

    nimium me timidum fuisse confiteor,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36:

    se timidum atque ignavum judicari,

    id. Fam. 11, 18, 1:

    timidus ac tremens,

    id. Pis. 30, 74:

    imbelles timidique,

    id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    timidus imperitusque,

    id. Caecin. 7, 18:

    timidus in labore militari,

    id. Fam. 1, 17, 1:

    non timidus ad mortem,

    id. Fin. 2, 20, 63 et saep.:

    timidus animus, humilis, demissus fractusque,

    id. Off. 3, 32, 115:

    spes,

    Ov. H. 16, 375:

    amor,

    id. ib. 18 (19), 172:

    fides,

    id. M. 9, 792:

    manus,

    id. Tr. 2, 228:

    tergum,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 16:

    navis,

    Ov. F. 1, 4:

    timido cursu Fugit,

    id. M. 1, 525:

    preces,

    id. Tr. 5, 8, 28:

    pro cauto timidus accipitur,

    Sen. Ep. 45, 7:

    in bello fortis, in foro timidus,

    id. ib. 120, 9.— In a good sense = cautus, cautious:

    mater timidi non solet flere,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 3.— Comp.:

    adversis mediocribus timidiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 13:

    nihil timidius columbā,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 3:

    timidiora mandata videbantur, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 18, 1. — Sup.:

    timidissime Phineu,

    Ov. M. 5, 224:

    turba, columbae,

    id. A. A. 1, 117.—
    (β).
    With inf. ( poet.):

    Codrus pro patriā non timidus mori,

    Hor. C. 3, 19, 2:

    non timidus pro patriā perire,

    id. ib. 4, 9, 52:

    agitare aprum,

    Sil. 16, 575.—
    (γ).
    With gen. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

    timidus procellae,

    Hor. A. P. 28; so,

    deorum,

    Ov. M. 5, 100: animalia timida lucis, that shun the light, i. e. remote from the light, dark, Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 6:

    timidum doloris ac mortis,

    Lact. 3, 26. — Hence, adv.: tĭmĭdē, fearfully, timidly:

    timide (opp. fidenter),

    Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67:

    timide aliquid facere,

    id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55:

    dicere,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    timide vel potius verecunde,

    id. Fin. 5, 2, 6; id. Quint. 16, 51; id. Sull. 29, 80; Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 25; id. B. C. 1, 19; Hor. A. P. 171; Ov. M. 1, 746; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 2; Sen. Hippol. 393.— Comp.:

    timidius dicere,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 77:

    cum omnia trepidantius timidiusque ageret,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 19.— Sup.:

    quod timidissime dicendum est,

    Quint. 11, 1, 77.

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