(verb) : formīdo, āvi, ātum, 1, and n. v. 2. formido
* To fear, dread any thing; to be afraid, terrified, frightened (class.; syn.: metuo, timeo, vereor, trepido, tremo, paveo).
* 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.
* 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.
* With ut or ne: aliquem non formido, ut, etc.,Vop. Tac. 2, § 2: formido miser, ne, etc.,Plaut. As. 2, 4, 55.
* 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.

formīdo (noun F) : Sanscr. root dhar-, whence firmus; prop. the fear that makes rigid, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 148
* Fearfulness, fear, terror, dread (class.).
* 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,Cic. 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.
* In partic., awe, reverence: (portae) religione sacrae et saevi formidine Martis,Verg. A. 7, 608; Sil. 1, 83.
* Transf., concr., that which produces fear, a frightful thing, a fright, horror.
* 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.
* 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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