pavidus
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
păvĭdus: a, um, adj. paveo,
I trembling, quaking, fearful, terrified, alarmed, timid, timorous (perhaps not in Cic.).
I Lit.: timida atque pavida, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 49; Lucr. 5, 973: castris se pavidus tenebat, Liv. 3, 26: matres, Verg. A. 2, 489: miles, Tac. A. 2, 23: pavidus semper atque anxius, Suet. Dom. 4: lepus, Hor. Epod. 2, 35: aves, Ov. F. 1, 400: pavida ex somno mulier, startled out of her sleep, Liv. 1, 58, 3: ad omnes suspiciones pavidus, Tac. H. 2, 68: oppidani pavidi, ne jam facta in urbem via esset, fossam ducere instituunt, Liv. 37, 7, 7.—Comp.: quos pavidiores accepimus, Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—Sup.: intra mens pavidissima, Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 27; Sil. 10, 65.—
(b) With gen.: nandi pavidus, Tac. H. 4, 14: offensionum non pavidus, id. A. 4, 38: maris, Luc. 8, 811: lucis, Sen. Herc. Fur. 293: leti, id. ib. 1076.—
(g) With inf. (poet.): Carthalo non pavidus fetas mulcere leaenas, Sil. 1, 406.—
b In neutr. adverbially: pavidum blandita, with fear, timorously, Ov. M. 9, 568.—
II Transf.
A Accompanied with fear or anxiety, anxious, disturbed: pavidum murmur, Luc. 5, 255: furtum, id. 2, 168: fuga, Sil. 13, 133: quies pavida imaginibus, Suet. Calig. 50. —
B That produces fear, fearful, terrible, dreadful: metus, Ov. F. 1, 16: lucus, Stat. Th. 5, 567.—Adv.: păvĭdē, with fear, fearfully, timorously (rare): timefactae religiones effugiunt animo pavide, Lucr. 2, 45: fugere, Liv. 5, 39: dicere, Quint. 11, 3, 49.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
păvĭdus,⁹ a, um (paveo),
1 dans le saisissement, éperdu ; [surtout] saisi d’effroi : me nescioquis arripit timidam atque pavidam, nec vivam nec mortuam Pl. Curc. 649, un inconnu me saisit tremblante, éperdue, à demi morte ; pavida ex somno Liv. 1, 58, 3, glacée d’effroi dans ce brusque arrachement au sommeil || effrayé, tremblant : Lucr. 5, 973 ; Virg. En. 2, 489 || craintif, peureux, timide : Hor. Epo. 2, 33 ; Ov. F. 1, 400 ; castris se pavidus tenebat Liv. 3, 26, 4, il se tenait timidement dans son camp ; intra mens pavidissima Sen. Ira 1, 20, 5, au fond, un esprit des plus craintifs || effrayé de qqch. : [av. gén.] nandi pavidus Tac. H. 4, 14, qui craint de se mettre à la nage ; offensionum non pavidus Tac. Ann. 4, 38, sans crainte des rancunes ; [av. ad, relativement à] Tac. H. 2, 68 ; [av. inf.] non pavidus mulcere leænas Sil. 1, 406, qui ne craint pas de caresser les lionnes || pavidus, ne Liv. 37, 7, 7, craignant que
2 qui marque l’effroi : pavidum murmur Luc. 5, 255, murmure d’effroi ; fuga pavida Sil. 13, 133, fuite éperdue
3 qui glace, qui paralyse : de meo pavidos excute corde metus Ov. F. 1, 16, arrache de mon cœur les craintes paralysantes || qui effraie : lucus pavidus Stat. Th. 5, 567, bois sacré qui inspire l’effroi || pavidior Plin. 11, 144 ; pavidissimus Sil. 10, 65.
