pertimesco

Latin

Etymology

From pertimeō +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

pertimēscō (present infinitive pertimēscere, perfect active pertimuī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. to become very frightened
  2. (transitive) to fear greatly, to dread
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.22:
      Sed tū ut vitiīs tuīs commoveāre, ut lēgum poenās pertimēscās, ut temporibus reī pūblicae cēdās, nōn est postulandum.
      But that you should be moved by your vices, that you should greatly fear the legal punishments, or that you should yield to the circumstances of the republic — that is not to be expected.

Conjugation

References

  • pertimesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pertimesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pertimesco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.