tĭmĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [timidus],
fearfulness , cowardice , timidity (a favorite word of Cic.): formido, timiditas, pavor, ignavia, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 52: ecfare, quae cor tuom timiditas territet, Pac. ap. Non. 228, 18: ex rebus timiditas, non ex vocabulis nascitur, Cic. Fin. 4. 19, 53; id. Rep. 2, 41, 68; id. Tusc. 3, 7, 14; id. Clu. 46, 129; id. Cael. 15, 36; id. Phil. 2, 29, 71; id. de Or. 2, 3, 10; 2, 74, 300; Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 8; Suet. Aug. 67; id. Calig. 45. — In plur.: quantae timiditates, Cic. Mil. 26, 69.