ex-tĭmesco, mŭi, 3
* V. inch. n. and a., to be greatly afraid of, to fear greatly; to await with fear, to dread (class.).
* Neutr.: equi ipsi gladiatorum repentinis sibilis extimescebant,Cic. Sest. 59, 126: extimui illico,Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 26: de fortunis communibus,Cic. Deiot. 1, 3: ne id jure evenerit,id. Ac. 2, 38, 121; so with ne, Hor. S. 2, 3, 174.—Pass. impers.: si filius Arminii in regnum venisset, posse extimesci,Tac. A. 11, 16.
* Act.: patrem,Ter. Ph. 1, 3, 2: nihil est quod adventum nostrum extimescas,Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 4: cerulas tuas miniatulas,id. Att. 16, 11, 1: nullam rem aliam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2: magistrum,Hor. A. P. 415: nec ob eam causam fatum aut necessitas extimescenda est,Cic. Fat. 12, 28: periculum ab aliquo,id. Phil. 7, 1, 2.

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