adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
pavidus
pavidus (feminine pavida, neuter pavidum)
Classical[ˈpa.wɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaː.vi.dus]
Meaning
- adjectivetrembling, quaking, fearful, terrified, alarmed
- adjectivetimid, timorous, shy
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
timēns, plēnus terrōrispavidus -a -um — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 2
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pavidus | pavida | pavidum |
| genitive | pavidī | pavidae | pavidī |
| dative | pavidō | pavidae | pavidō |
| accusative | pavidum | pavidam | pavidum |
| ablative | pavidō | pavidā | pavidō |
| vocative | pavide | pavida | pavidum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pavidī | pavidae | pavida |
| genitive | pavidōrum | pavidārum | pavidōrum |
| dative | pavidīs | pavidīs | pavidīs |
| accusative | pavidōs | pavidās | pavida |
| ablative | pavidīs | pavidīs | pavidīs |
| vocative | pavidī | pavidae | pavida |
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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pavidus adj.
paveo, trembling, quaking, fearful, timid, timorous, shy : matres, V.: lepus, H.: aves, O.: ex somno mulier, startled out of her sleep , L.: oppidani pavidi, ne iam facta in urbem via esset, etc., in terror lest , etc., L.: offensionum, Ta.: ad omnes suspiciones, Ta.— Neut . As adv.: pavidum blandita, timorously , O.— Making timorous : metus, O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin pavidus From paveō + -idus.
Descendants
- Catalanpàvid
- Englishpavid
- Italianpavido
- Portuguesepávido
- Spanishpávido
In English words that came into English from pavidus
- pavidpavidus
- impavidimpavidus