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Latin
Etymology
From timeō (“I fear”) + -or.
Pronunciation
Noun
timor m (genitive timōris); third declension
- fear, dread
- Synonyms: terror, pavor, metus
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.13:
- “Dēgenerēs animōs timor arguit. .”
- “Fear reveals ignoble souls.”
(Dido is implying the opposite: Aeneas is fearless.)
Office of the Dead,
Matins Third Nocturn:
- 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.
- (poetic) awe, reverence
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “timor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “timor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- timor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to inspire fear, terror: timorem, terrorem alicui inicere, more strongly incutere
- fear comes upon some one: timor aliquem occupat (B. G. 1. 39)
- to be in fear: in timore esse, versari
- to become frightened: in timorem venire, pervenire
- to banish one's fears: abicere, omittere timorem
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *timur (compare Indonesian timur), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ (compare Tagalog timog (“south”)), from Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ (compare Kavalan timur (“south”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
timor
- (1924-1972) Obsolete spelling of timur
Adjective
timor
- (1924-1972) Obsolete spelling of timur
Maranao
Noun
timor
- wind