ψοφοδεής

A. frightened at every noise, shy, timid, esp. of animals, Plu. Cam. 27; [ἵπποι] ψ. καὶ εὐπτόητοι Id. 2.642a; of men, Pl. Phdr. 257d, D.H. 11.22, cf. PGrenf. 2.7(a). 2 (iii B. C.); name of a play of Menander: τὸ ἐν τῇ πολιτείᾳ ψ. timidity, Plu. Nic. 2. Adv. ‐εῶς Id. 2.47b, Luc. Pr. Im. 7,28, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 10.11.2, Jul. ad Ath. 277c.