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|lshtext=<b>tĭmĕo</b>: ŭi, 2, v. a. and n. [[root]] tam-; Sanscr. tam-yati, to be stupefied; tamas, [[darkness]]; cf. [[temulentus]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[fear]], be [[afraid]] of, to [[dread]], [[apprehend]]; to be [[afraid]] or in [[fear]], to be [[fearful]], [[apprehensive]], or [[anxious]]; constr. [[with]] acc., rel.-[[clause]], inf., ne or ut, and absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. ([[class]].; syn.: [[vereor]], [[metuo]], [[paveo]]): [[quamquam]] omnia sunt metuenda, [[nihil]] [[magis]] [[quam]] perfidiam timemus, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2: [[timeo]] meos, Plaut. Truc. 5, 63; cf.: quos [[aliquamdiu]] inermes timuissent, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: oppidanos, Hirt. B. G. 8, 27: [[saxum]] [[Tantalus]], Lucr. 3, 981 sq.: [[portus]] omnes, Caes. B. C. 3, 6: reliquos [[casus]], id. ib. 3, 10: [[nomen]] [[atque]] [[imperium]] absentis, id. ib. 1, 61: numinis iram, Ov. M. 6, 314: [[flagitium]] pejus [[leto]], Hor. C. 4, 9, 50: cuncta (amantes), Ov. M. 7, 719: aeternas poenas timendum'st, Lucr. 1, 111.—In [[pass]].: morbos esse timendos, Lucr. 3, 41; so, si [[ipse]] [[fulgor]] timeretur, Quint. 8, 3, 5: si Cn. [[Pompeius]] timeretur, id. 4, 2, 25. — Pregn., to [[have]] to [[fear]], i. e. to be [[exposed]] to, [[contend]] [[against]]: pro [[telis]] gerit quae timuit et quae fudit, Sen. Herc. Fur. 40 sq.; 793: feras, id. Herc. Oet. 270. — With dat. of the [[object]] for [[which]] one fears [[something]]: nostrae causae [[nihil]] nos timere, Quint. 11, 1, 75: patronum justitiae suae, id. 4, 1, 9: furem caulibus aut pomis, Juv. 6, 17: noxiam vini aegris, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 101. — With de: de suo ac legionis periculo [[nihil]] timebat, Caes. B. G. 5, 57: [[nihil]] de [[bello]], id. ib. 3, 3: de se [[nihil]] timere, Cic. Sest. 1, 1. — With pro and abl.: [[quid]] pro [[quoque]] timendum, aut a [[quoque]] timendum [[sit]], Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 2: pro amicis omnia timui, pro me [[nihil]]. Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. § 15. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With rel.-[[clause]] ([[class]].): misera [[timeo]], [[quid]] hoc [[sit]] negotii, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 79: [[timeo]], [[quid]] rerum gesserim, id. Mil. 2, 4, 44: [[quid]] possem, timebam, Cic. Att. 12, 24, 1: [[nunc]] [[istic]] [[quid]] agatur, [[magnopere]] [[timeo]], id. ib. 3, 8, 2; jam [[nunc]] [[timeo]], [[quidnam]] ... pro exspectatione omnium eloqui possim, id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 42: misera [[timeo]], [[incertum]] hoc [[quorsum]] accidat, Ter. And. 1, 5, 29; cf.: haec quo sint eruptura [[timeo]], Cic. Att. 2, 20, 5. — With dat.: [[nunc]] nostrae [[timeo]] parti, [[quid]] hic respondeat, Ter. And. 2, 5, 8. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf. (freq. [[since]] the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): [[Caesar]] [[etsi]] timebat tantae magnitudinis flumini exercitum obicere, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 64: equites cum intrare fumum et flammam densissimam timerent, Hirt. B. G. 8, 16: timebant prisci truncum findere, Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 102: nec jurare [[time]], Tib. 1, 4, 21; Hor. C. 1, 8, 8; 3, 24, 56; id. S. 1, 4, 23; id. Ep. 1, 5, 2; 1, 7, 4; 1, 19, 27; 2, 1, 114; id. A. P. 170; 197; Ov. M. 1, 593; 12, 246.— Rarely [[with]] acc. and inf.: ni cedenti instaturum alterum timuissent, Liv. 10, 36, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ne or ut ([[class]].): [[metuo]] et [[timeo]], ne hoc [[tandem]] [[propalam]] fiat, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 38: [[timeo]], ne malefacta mea sint inventa omnia, id. Truc. 4, 2, 61: haec [[timeo]] ne impediantur, D. Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 4: [[neque]] timerent, ne circumvenirentur, Caes. B. G. 2, 26: non times, ne locum perdas, Quint. 6, 3, 63: timuit, ne non succederet, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 37: timere, ne non virtute hostium, sed lassitudine suā vincerentur, Curt. 3, 17, 9: [[timeo]], ut sustineas, Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3: ut [[satis]] [[commode]] supportari posset (res frumentaria), timere dicebant, Caes. B. G. 1, 39. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol. (freq. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): fac, ego ne metuam [[igitur]] et ut tu meam timeas vicem, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 24: salva est [[navis]], ne [[time]], id. Merc. 1, 2, 64; so, ne [[time]], id. Am. 2, 2, 42; 5, 1, 12; id. Cas. 4, 4, 13; id. Curc. 4, 2, 34: timentibus ceteris [[propter]] ignorationem locorum, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 29; cf.: timentes confirmat, Caes. B. G. 7, 7: [[cottidie]] aliquid [[fit]] lenius [[quam]] timebamus, Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 5: timere et admirari, Quint. 9, 2, 26; 9, 2, 86.—With de: de re publicā [[valde]] [[timeo]], Cic. Att. 7, 6, 2.—With ab: a quo [[quidem]] genere ego [[numquam]] timui, Cic. Sull. 20, 59. — With pro ([[poet]]. and [[post]]-Aug.): pro eo timebam, Curt. 6, 10, 27: timentem pro capite amicissimo, Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 3: [[quamvis]] pericliter, [[plus]] [[tamen]] pro te [[timeo]], Sen. Contr. 7, 20, 1: [[indulgentia]] pro suis timentium, id. ib. 9, 26, 2, B: qui pro [[illo]] [[nimium]] timet, id. Ep. 14, 1: qui eget divitiis timet pro illis, id. ib. 14, 18; 90, 43: pro Aristippi animā, Gell. 19, 1, 10: timuere dei pro vindice terrae, Ov. M. 9, 241.—Pregn., [[with]] abl. ([[poet]].): timuit exterrita pennis Ales, expressed its [[fear]], Verg. A. 5, 505. — Freq. [[with]] dat. of the [[object]] for [[which]] one fears: [[tibi]] timui, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 20; cf.: qui sibi timuerant, Caes. B. C. 3, 27: alicui, Quint. 8, 5, 15; Verg. A. 2, 729; Hor. C. 3, 27, 7; id. S. 2, 1, 23: suis rebus, Caes. B. G. 4, 16: huic [[loco]], id. ib. 7, 44: receptui suo, id. B. C. 3, 69: urbi, Hor. C. 3, 29, 26.—Impers. [[pass]].: urbi timetur, Luc. 7, 138: Sen. Med. 885.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Timens [[like]] [[timidus]], [[with]] gen.: mortis timentes, Lucr. 6, 1239.

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