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Latin
Etymology
ex- (intensifying prefix) + pavidus (“trembling”, “quaking”, “fearful”, “terrified”, “alarmed”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
expavidus (feminine expavida, neuter expavidum); first/second-declension adjective
- terrified greatly, utterly horrified, extremely frightened, very scared
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Aulus Gellius to this entry?)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “expăvĭdus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- expăvĭdus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 628/3.
- expauidus in Ramminger, Johann (2010 May 27 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “expauidus” on page 647/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)