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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=la timeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtɪ.mɪ.dɛ], [ˈtɪ.mɪ.deː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈtiː.mi.de], [ˈtiː.mi.de]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''timidē''' (comparative ''timidius'', superlative ''timidissimē'')^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|timidus|-ē|t1=fearful]],^(OLD 2012) from [[m|la|timeō|t=to fear]].^(Köbler 2010) The origin of [[m|la|timeō]] is unclear: de Vaan finds the hesitant link with words for “stiff” hardly possible.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is Cato's speech on censors who would work for the state more fearfully and slowly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means fearfully, apprehensively or nervously, and also with hesitation, diffidently or cautiously, as in Cicero's good men who come down to that course step by step and timidly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of censors acting fearfully.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of cautious men.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|fearfully|alt=Fearfully]], [[m|en|timidly]], nervously.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # With hesitation, cautiously.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[timidus]]

+ * [[timeo|alt=timeō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}