shy
shy
adj.
P. αἰσχυντηλός.
Cautious: P. εὐλαβής.
Protagoras at first was shy: P. τὸ μὲν οὖν πρῶτον ἐκαλλωπίζετο ἡμῖν ὁ Πρωταγόρας (Plat.Plat. Prot. 333d).
He was shy pretending he did not wish to speak: P. ἐθρύπτετο ὡς δὴ οὐκ ἐπιθυμῶν λέγειν (Plat. Phaedr. 228c).
Be shy of (doing a thing): P. and V. αἰσχύ̄νεσθαι (infin. or part.), ἐπαισχύ̄νεσθαι (infin. or part.), V. αἰδεῖσθαι (infin. or part.).
Fight shy of: P. and V. εὐλᾰβεῖσθαι (acc.); see avoid.
adj.
P. αἰσχυντηλός.
Cautious: P. εὐλαβής.
Protagoras at first was shy: P. τὸ μὲν οὖν πρῶτον ἐκαλλωπίζετο ἡμῖν ὁ Πρωταγόρας (Plat.Plat. Prot. 333d).
He was shy pretending he did not wish to speak: P. ἐθρύπτετο ὡς δὴ οὐκ ἐπιθυμῶν λέγειν (Plat. Phaedr. 228c).
Be shy of (doing a thing): P. and V. αἰσχύ̄νεσθαι (infin. or part.), ἐπαισχύ̄νεσθαι (infin. or part.), V. αἰδεῖσθαι (infin. or part.).
Fight shy of: P. and V. εὐλᾰβεῖσθαι (acc.); see avoid.
SHY
adj.
Timorous pavidus: pavens: timidus: timens. A shy horse equus pavidus (by nature); equus terrore pavens; equus consternatus (frightened): to be shy pavere: in pavore esse.
Bashful pudens: verecundus.
adj.
Timorous pavidus: pavens: timidus: timens. A shy horse equus pavidus (by nature); equus terrore pavens; equus consternatus (frightened): to be shy pavere: in pavore esse.
Bashful pudens: verecundus.
v. saltum in contraria facere (Ov. Met. 2 314 of a horse).
shy (adj.):
I. Fearful of near approach:
1. tĭmĭdus: there is nothing more s. than a dove, nihil timidius est columba, Varr. R. R. 3, 7: v.FEARFUL , TIMID .
2. păvĭdus: v.FRIGHTENED , TERRIFIED .
3. formīdŏlōsus, ĭnaudax: see alsoTIMOROUS , TIMID , FRIGHTENED . Phr.: a s. horse, perh. *equus timidus, qui facile consternatur: v. foll. art.
II. Coy, bashful, avoiding familiar intercourse:
1. pŭdĭbundus: a s. man, vir p., Just. 38, 8: a s. peacock, pavo p., Plin. 10, 20, 22.
2. vĕrēcundus: v.MODEST .
I. Fearful of near approach:
1. tĭmĭdus: there is nothing more s. than a dove, nihil timidius est columba, Varr. R. R. 3, 7: v.
2. păvĭdus: v.
3. formīdŏlōsus, ĭnaudax: see also
II. Coy, bashful, avoiding familiar intercourse:
1. pŭdĭbundus: a s. man, vir p., Just. 38, 8: a s. peacock, pavo p., Plin. 10, 20, 22.
2. vĕrēcundus: v.
shy (v.):
1. expr. by consterno, 1 (to frighten, cause to s.): the horses s., and snatch their necks from the yoke, equi consternantur et colla jugo eripiunt, Ov. M. 2, 314: this made the horses s., haec [procella] equos consternavit, Liv. 37, 41, fin.
2. expr. by saltum in contraria [in obliquum] facere (to make a leap in the opposite [or side] direction): cf. Ov. M. 2, 314.
1. expr. by consterno, 1 (to frighten, cause to s.): the horses s., and snatch their necks from the yoke, equi consternantur et colla jugo eripiunt, Ov. M. 2, 314: this made the horses s., haec [procella] equos consternavit, Liv. 37, 41, fin.
2. expr. by saltum in contraria [in obliquum] facere (to make a leap in the opposite [or side] direction): cf. Ov. M. 2, 314.
pavidus
trembling, quaking, fearful, timid, timorous, shy
fugax
apt to flee, fleeing, timid, shy
very modest, extremely shy
pudens
shamefast, bashful, modest, shy, chaste, sensitive, honorable
verecundor
to feel bashful, be ashamed, be shy, shrink
trembling, quaking, fearful, timid, timorous, shy
fugax
apt to flee, fleeing, timid, shy
appearing fewer than 50 times
permodestusvery modest, extremely shy
pudens
shamefast, bashful, modest, shy, chaste, sensitive, honorable
verecundor
to feel bashful, be ashamed, be shy, shrink