metuens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of metuō.

Participle

metuēns (genitive metuentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. fearing, frightened, afraid, scared

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	metuēns			metuentēs	metuentia
genitive	metuentis			metuentium
dative	metuentī			metuentibus
accusative	metuentem	metuēns		metuentēs metuentīs	metuentia
ablative	metuente metuentī1			metuentibus
vocative	metuēns			metuentēs	metuentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “metuens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “metuens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• metuens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.