Noun
timor m (genitive timōris); third declension
- fear, dread
- Synonyms: terror, pavor, metus
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.13:
- “Dēgenerēs animōs timor arguit. [...].”
- “Fear reveals ignoble souls.”
(Dido is implying the opposite: Aeneas is fearless.)
Office of the Dead,
Matins Third Nocturn:
- Peccantem me quotidie, et non poenitentem, timor mortis conturbat me. Quia in inferno nulla est redemptio, miserere mei, Deus, et salva me.
- Sinning daily, and not repenting, the fear of death disturbs me. Because there is no redemption in hell, have mercy on me, O God, and save me.
- (poetic) awe, reverence
References
- “timor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “timor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- timor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to inspire fear, terror: timorem, terrorem alicui inicere, more strongly incutere
- fear comes upon some one: timor aliquem occupat (B. G. 1. 39)
- to be in fear: in timore esse, versari
- to become frightened: in timorem venire, pervenire
- to banish one's fears: abicere, omittere timorem