Meaning of timor | Babel Free

Definitions

1. fear, dread
   declension-3, masculine
2. awe, reverence
   declension-3, masculine, poetic
3. Equivalent to 'Dread': Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

Equivalents

Examples

“Dēgenerēs animōs timor arguit. ….”

“Fear reveals ignoble souls.” (Dido is implying the opposite: Aeneas is fearless.)

“Quī colitur, et amātur: nōn potest amor cum timōre miscērī.”

Whoever is honored is also loved: love cannot be mixed with fear.

“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.

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