Reformido, reformídas, pen. pro. reformidâre. Cæs. To feare greatly.Reprehensionem vulgi reformidans. Ci. Frondes reformidant ferrum. Vi. Humus reformidat vulnus.Ouid.Lumina reformidant insuetum solem.Ouid.The eyes are afraide to see the vnwonted sunne.Membra saucia reformidant tactum.Ouid.Mens reformidat tempus illud.Ouid.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
rĕ-formīdo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to fear greatly, to dread, to stand in awe of, to shun or avoid through fear (class.). (a). With acc.: si qui imbecillius horrent dolorem et reformidant, Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 85: ea fugiat et reformidet oratio, id. ib. 1, 45, 108; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 32: homines maritimos, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, 69; so, aliquem, Quint. 1, 2, 18; 10, 7, 16: bellum, Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 19: crimen amicitiae, id. Cael. 6, 14: reprehensionem vulgi, id. Fin. 3, 2, 7: hunc locum, id. Caecin. 29, 84: ferrum, Quint. 2, 4, 11: arbitros, id. 10, 7, 16: communem loquendi morem, id. 8, 2, 17: posteritatis memoriam, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 2: occursum, id. ib. 1, 10, 7: quorum mentionem, Curt. 6, 9, 3: sapientiae studium et praecepta prudentium penitus, Tac. Or. 32 al.—(b). With inf.: ea dicere reformidat, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 9: ominari, Liv. 9, 34: comparari tibi, Plin. Pan. 44, 4. — (g). With rel.-clause: nec, quid tibi de alio audienti, de se ipso occurrat, reformidat, Cic. Lig. 2, 6.— (d). With quod: neque se reformidare, quod in senatu Pompeius dixisset, ad quos legati mitterentur, iis auctoritatem attribui, Caes. B. C. 1, 32 fin. —(e) Absol.: vide, quam non reformidem, Cic. Lig. 3, 6; Hor. S. 2, 7, 2.—b. Of things: etenim fides mea custodem repudiat, diligentia speculatorem reformidat, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51: tum bracchia (vitium) tonde: Ante reformidant ferrum, Verg. G. 2, 369: reformidant insuetum lumina solem, Ov. P. 3, 4, 49: mens reformidat tempus, id. Tr. 3, 6, 29: reformidat vulnus humus, id. F. 1, 666: membra mollem quoque saucia tactum, id. ib. 2, 7, 13: medentium manus crudum adhuc vulnus, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11; Col. 3, 10, 20.— Absol.: putatio non debet secundum articulum fieri, ne reformidet oculus, i. e.