metuo

Latin

Etymology

From metus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tu.oː/, [ˈmɛt̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tu.o/, [ˈmɛːt̪uo]

Verb

metuō (present infinitive metuere, perfect active metuī, supine metūtum); third conjugation

1. to fear, be afraid

   Synonyms: vereor, extimēscō, timeō, trepidō

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.9:

     tantam ... crescentem molem sibi ac posteris suis metuebant

     they feared, both for themselves and their descendants, such growing power

Usage notes

• The verb metuō is a Latin verb of fearing.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of metuō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	metuō		metuis		metuit		metuimus		metuitis		metuunt
	imperfect	metuēbam		metuēbās		metuēbat		metuēbāmus		metuēbātis		metuēbant
	future	metuam		metuēs		metuet		metuēmus		metuētis		metuent
	perfect	metuī		metuistī		metuit		metuimus		metuistis		metuērunt, metuēre
	pluperfect	metueram		metuerās		metuerat		metuerāmus		metuerātis		metuerant
	future perfect	metuerō		metueris		metuerit		metuerimus		metueritis		metuerint
passive	present	metuor		metueris, metuere		metuitur		metuimur		metuiminī		metuuntur
	imperfect	metuēbar		metuēbāris, metuēbāre		metuēbātur		metuēbāmur		metuēbāminī		metuēbantur
	future	metuar		metuēris, metuēre		metuētur		metuēmur		metuēminī		metuentur
	perfect	metūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	metūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	metūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	metuam		metuās		metuat		metuāmus		metuātis		metuant
	imperfect	metuerem		metuerēs		metueret		metuerēmus		metuerētis		metuerent
	perfect	metuerim		metuerīs		metuerit		metuerīmus		metuerītis		metuerint
	pluperfect	metuissem		metuissēs		metuisset		metuissēmus		metuissētis		metuissent
passive	present	metuar		metuāris, metuāre		metuātur		metuāmur		metuāminī		metuantur
	imperfect	metuerer		metuerēris, metuerēre		metuerētur		metuerēmur		metuerēminī		metuerentur
	perfect	metūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	metūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		metue		—		—		metuite		—
	future	—		metuitō		metuitō		—		metuitōte		metuuntō
passive	present	—		metuere		—		—		metuiminī		—
	future	—		metuitor		metuitor		—		—		metuuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		metuere			metuī			metuēns			—
future		metūtūrum esse			metūtum īrī			metūtūrus			metuendus
perfect		metuisse			metūtum esse			—			metūtus
future perfect		—			metūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		metūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		metuendī		metuendō		metuendum		metuendō		metūtum		metūtū

References

• “metuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “metuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• metuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.