mĕtĭcŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [metus], full of fear.
I Fearful, timid (ante- and postclass.): nullus est hoc meticulosus aeque, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 137; Dig. 4, 2, 7: lepus, Ap. Flor. p. 341, 9.—*
II Frightful, terrible : res, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 52.