LAT
metuo
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(verb) : mĕtŭo, ŭi, ūtum (cf.:
* Nimis ante metutum,Lucr. 5, 1140), 3, and n. metus, to fear, be afraid of a person or thing; to hesitate, not to venture, not to wish (syn.: vereor, formido, timeo); with inf., with ne, to fear lest; with ui or ne non, to fear that not; also of inanimate things, with acc., to fear, revere, reverence one; as a v. n., to fear, be afraid, be in fear, be apprehensive, esp. as the effect of the idea of threatening evil (whereas timere usually denotes the effect of some external cause of terror); to dread, apprehend; with an indirect interrogation: non metuo quin, for non dubito quin, I doubt not but; to be anxious about any one; with dat. (class.).
* Act.: quem metuont oderunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23 (Trag. v. 403 Vahl.): deos et amo et metuo,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 73: male ego metuo milvos,id. ib. 5, 5, 13: metuebant (senem) servi, verebantur liberi,Cic. Sen. 11, 37: tu, qui crimen ais te metuisse,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 78: nec pol istae metuunt Deos, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 6: absentem patrem,id. Phorm. 1, 2, 68: nec metuit quemquam,id. Ad. 1, 2, 5.—With ab: quid a nobis metuit?Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 12: a me insidias,Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2: supplicia a vobis metuere debent,to fear from you,id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: a quo (Ajace) sibi non injuriā summum periculum metuebat,Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29: a quo domino sibi metuebat graves cruciatus,Aug. Lib. Arbitr. 1, 4, 9; Gregor. M. Homil. 1, 14, 2; Aug. cont. Acad. 2, 8.—With ex: si periculum ex illis metuit,Sall. C. 52, 16.—With de: de lanificio neminem metuo, una aetate quae sit,i. e. no one's competition in spinning,Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 22.—Of inanim. subjects: quae res cotidie videntur, minus metuunt furem,Varr. R. R. 1, 22.
* With inf.: metuont credere omnes,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 70: ut tentare spem certaminis metuunt,Liv. 32, 31: nil metuunt jurare,Cat. 64, 146: reddere soldum,not to wish, be averse to,Hor. S. 2, 5, 65: praebere,id. Ep. 1, 18, 1.—Of nonpersonal subjects: illum aget pennā metuente solvi Fama superstes,Hor. C. 2, 2, 7.
* Neutr., to fear, be afraid, be apprehensive, etc.
* (Eccl. Lat.) Of religious fear, to revere, dread, hold in reverence: Deum,Vulg. Lev. 25, 43: Dominum Deum nostrum,id. Jer. 5, 24: sanctuarium meum,id. Lev. 19, 30.
* With de: neque tam de suā vitā, quam de me metuit,fears not so much for his own life as for me,Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6.
* With ab: metuens ab Hannibale,afraid of Hannibal,Liv. 23, 36.
* With pro: metuere pro aliquo,Petr. 123.
* With dat., to be anxious about or for a person or thing: metuens pueris,Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 60: inopi metuens formica senectae,Verg. G. 1, 186: tum decuit metuisse tuis,id. A. 10, 94.—Hence, mĕtŭens, entis, P. a., fearing, afraid of any thing; anxious for any person or thing; with gen. or absol. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): contentus parvo metuensque futuri,Hor. S. 2, 2, 110: metuens virgae,Juv. 7, 210.—Comp.: quo non metuentius ullum Numinis ingenium,Ov. F. 6, 259: Nero metuentior in posterum,Tac. A. 13, 25.
* Nimis ante metutum,Lucr. 5, 1140), 3, and n. metus, to fear, be afraid of a person or thing; to hesitate, not to venture, not to wish (syn.: vereor, formido, timeo); with inf., with ne, to fear lest; with ui or ne non, to fear that not; also of inanimate things, with acc., to fear, revere, reverence one; as a v. n., to fear, be afraid, be in fear, be apprehensive, esp. as the effect of the idea of threatening evil (whereas timere usually denotes the effect of some external cause of terror); to dread, apprehend; with an indirect interrogation: non metuo quin, for non dubito quin, I doubt not but; to be anxious about any one; with dat. (class.).
* Act.: quem metuont oderunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23 (Trag. v. 403 Vahl.): deos et amo et metuo,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 73: male ego metuo milvos,id. ib. 5, 5, 13: metuebant (senem) servi, verebantur liberi,Cic. Sen. 11, 37: tu, qui crimen ais te metuisse,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 78: nec pol istae metuunt Deos, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 6: absentem patrem,id. Phorm. 1, 2, 68: nec metuit quemquam,id. Ad. 1, 2, 5.—With ab: quid a nobis metuit?Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 12: a me insidias,Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2: supplicia a vobis metuere debent,to fear from you,id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: a quo (Ajace) sibi non injuriā summum periculum metuebat,Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29: a quo domino sibi metuebat graves cruciatus,Aug. Lib. Arbitr. 1, 4, 9; Gregor. M. Homil. 1, 14, 2; Aug. cont. Acad. 2, 8.—With ex: si periculum ex illis metuit,Sall. C. 52, 16.—With de: de lanificio neminem metuo, una aetate quae sit,i. e. no one's competition in spinning,Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 22.—Of inanim. subjects: quae res cotidie videntur, minus metuunt furem,Varr. R. R. 1, 22.
* With inf.: metuont credere omnes,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 70: ut tentare spem certaminis metuunt,Liv. 32, 31: nil metuunt jurare,Cat. 64, 146: reddere soldum,not to wish, be averse to,Hor. S. 2, 5, 65: praebere,id. Ep. 1, 18, 1.—Of nonpersonal subjects: illum aget pennā metuente solvi Fama superstes,Hor. C. 2, 2, 7.
* Neutr., to fear, be afraid, be apprehensive, etc.
* (Eccl. Lat.) Of religious fear, to revere, dread, hold in reverence: Deum,Vulg. Lev. 25, 43: Dominum Deum nostrum,id. Jer. 5, 24: sanctuarium meum,id. Lev. 19, 30.
* With de: neque tam de suā vitā, quam de me metuit,fears not so much for his own life as for me,Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6.
* With ab: metuens ab Hannibale,afraid of Hannibal,Liv. 23, 36.
* With pro: metuere pro aliquo,Petr. 123.
* With dat., to be anxious about or for a person or thing: metuens pueris,Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 60: inopi metuens formica senectae,Verg. G. 1, 186: tum decuit metuisse tuis,id. A. 10, 94.—Hence, mĕtŭens, entis, P. a., fearing, afraid of any thing; anxious for any person or thing; with gen. or absol. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): contentus parvo metuensque futuri,Hor. S. 2, 2, 110: metuens virgae,Juv. 7, 210.—Comp.: quo non metuentius ullum Numinis ingenium,Ov. F. 6, 259: Nero metuentior in posterum,Tac. A. 13, 25.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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