vereor

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *werēōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὁράω (horáō, “see”) < ϝοράω (woráō), and English aware and wary.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯e.re.or/, [ˈu̯ɛreɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.re.or/, [ˈvɛːreor]

Verb

vereor (present infinitive verērī, perfect active veritus sum); second conjugation, deponent

1. to have respect for, revere, stand in awe

   Synonym: revereor

2. to be afraid, fear; dread

   Synonyms: timeō, extimēscō, metuō, trepidō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vereor (second conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vereor		verēris, verēre		verētur		verēmur		verēminī		verentur
	imperfect	verēbar		verēbāris, verēbāre		verēbātur		verēbāmur		verēbāminī		verēbantur
	future	verēbor		verēberis, verēbere		verēbitur		verēbimur		verēbiminī		verēbuntur
	perfect	veritus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	veritus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	veritus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	verear		vereāris, vereāre		vereātur		vereāmur		vereāminī		vereantur
	imperfect	verērer		verērēris, verērēre		verērētur		verērēmur		verērēminī		verērentur
	perfect	veritus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	veritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		verēre		—		—		verēminī		—
	future	—		verētor		verētor		—		—		verentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		verērī			—			verēns			—
future		veritūrum esse			—			veritūrus			verendus
perfect		veritum esse			—			veritus			—
future perfect		veritum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		veritūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		verendī		verendō		verendum		verendō		veritum		veritū

Derived terms

• revereor
• subvereor
• verēcundus
• verēns
• verenter
• verētrum

Related terms

• verēcundē
• verēcundia
• verēcunditer
• verēcundor

References

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