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|lshtext=<b>formīdo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. v. 2. [[formido]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[fear]], [[dread]] [[any]] [[thing]]; to be [[afraid]], terrified, [[frightened]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[metuo]], [[timeo]], [[vereor]], [[trepido]], [[tremo]], [[paveo]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ut or ne: aliquem non [[formido]], ut, etc., Vop. Tac. 2, § 2: [[formido]] [[miser]], ne, etc., Plaut. As. 2, 4, 55.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br /><b>formīdo</b>: ĭnis, f. Sanscr. [[root]] dhar-, [[whence]] [[firmus]]; [[prop]]. the [[fear]] [[that]] makes [[rigid]], Corss. Ausspr. 1, 148,<br /><b>I</b> [[fearfulness]], [[fear]], [[terror]], [[dread]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[parasitus]], qui me conplevit flagiti et formidinis, Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 3: popolo formidinem inicere, [[Furius]] ap. Macr. S. 3, 9, 8: Stoici definiunt formidinem metum permanentem, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8 fin.: ut [[aliqua]] in [[vita]] [[formido]] improbis esset posita, [[apud]] inferos antiqui supplicia constituta esse voluerunt, id. Cat. 4, 4, 8: quae tanta [[formido]], id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5: [[neque]] [[miser]] me commovere [[possum]] [[prae]] formidine, Plaut. Am. 1. 1, 181: subita [[atque]] improvisa, Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43: formidinem suam alicui inicere, id. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 68: formidinem inferre, Tac. H. 2, 15: intendere, id. ib. 2, 54: facere, id. ib. 3, 10: mortis, Cic. Rep. 1, 3; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 207: poenae, id. ib. 1, 16, 53: [[fustis]], id. ib. 2, 1, 154.—In plur.: pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur, Cic. Quint. 14, 47: ex ignoratione rerum ipsa horribiles exsistunt formidines, id. Fin. 1, 19, 63: [[contra]] formidines pavoresque, Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 115.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., [[awe]], [[reverence]]: (portae) religione sacrae et saevi formidine Martis, Verg. A. 7, 608; Sil. 1, 83.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., concr., [[that]] [[which]] produces [[fear]], a [[frightful]] [[thing]], a [[fright]], [[horror]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: alta ostia Ditis Et caligantem nigrā formidine lucum Ingressus, Verg. G. 4, 468; Front. de Fer. Als. 3: defensoribus moenium praemia [[modo]], [[modo]] formidinem ostentare, Sall. J. 23, 1; 66, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., a scarecrow made of differentcolored feathers, a [[bugbear]]: cum maximos ferarum greges [[linea]] pennis distincta contineat et in insidias agat, ab ipso effectu dicta [[formido]], Sen. de 1ra, 2, 12 (cf. Nemes. Cyneg. 303 sq.): cervum puniceae [[septum]] formidine pennae, Verg. A. 12, 750; cf. Luc. 4, 437: furum aviumque Maxima [[formido]], Hor. S. 1, 8, 4.—Personified, as a [[goddess]], Hyg. Fab. prooem. p. 10 Munk.
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