formidare

formidare [CL] , to be afraid of, fear, dread: a (trans.); b (impers. pass. w. prep.); c (absol.); d (w. inf.); e (w. acc. & inf. or gdv.); f (w. ne & subj.). g (pr. ppl. as adj.) fearing, fearful. h (gdv.) inspiring fear, terrifying. a damna rerum ~ans vel vitae dispendium Aldh. VirgP 33; potentes non ~ando et pauperibus conpatiendo Hugeb. Wynn. 5; Gosc. Mir. Iv. lxii (v. discessio c); horrendas ~abant Sarracenorum insidias V. Gund. 4; se probandi ~at exercitium Gir. TH intr. p. 5; tunc leones / formidabunt lepores Walt. Wimb. Van. 105; Ockham Dial. 544 (v. excruciatio). b si ‥ de ‥ sedicione minime ~atur, expedit si aliquis invenitur Ockham Dial. 802. c D. Bec. 1612 (v. egere 1a). d animos proximorum ‥ offendere non ~amus Bede HE III 19 p. 165; Hugeb. Wynn. 5 (v. dives 1a); damnationem ~astis incurrere Alex. Cant. Dicta 10 p. 150; anulum ‥ episcopalem gestare ~ans V. Gund. 44; propter magnitudinem rei obedire ~o Turgot Marg. prol.; omnis homo ‥ imminui ~at R. Niger Mil. IV 45; 1341 (v. collateralis 2b). e scio ‥ quae ventura tibi ‥ mala ~as Bede HE II 12 p. 108; propinqui sui ~antes perpetuam vesaniam sibi venturam, ad limina ‥ Guthlaci [eum] duxerunt Felix Guthl. 42; intellexit vir prudens ultro oblatum, quem ‥ laborioso quaesitu ~averat vix inveniendum Gosc. Transl. Aug. 17D; se coram Deo accusari ~at Alex. Cant. Dicta 1 p. 116; s1242 ~abant [M. Par. Maj. IV 225: timebant] ‥ regem suum ‥ morte opprimi repentina Flor. Hist. II 257; ut ipsum aggredi pre consueta confusione quasi ~aremus Latin Stories 102; 1440 (v. deverium a); 1465 (v. debere 5c). f ~amus ne lex quevis alia ‥ tribunal ascendat Fortescue NLN I 31. g 793 te ‥ nec vani terrores principum ~antem efficiant Alcuin Ep. 17 p. 45. h erat ‥ obstantibus ~andus Ord. Vit. III 2 p. 26; olim Asie ‥ / claruit imperium, formidandusque Pelasgis / frix erat J. Exon. BT III 43; ante ‥ tribunal ~andissimae majestatis Ad. Marsh Ep. 245; Ib. 136 (v. defigere 1d).

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