mĕtĭcŭlōsus

I. full of fear.

I. Fearful, timid (ante- and postclass.): nullus est hoc meticulosus aeque, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 137; Dig. 4, 2, 7: lepus, App. Flor. p. 341, 9.—*

II. Frightful, terrible: res, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 52.