metuo
Latin
Etymology
From metus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.tu.oː/, [ˈmɛ.tʊ.oː]
Verb
metuō (present infinitive metuere, perfect active metuī, supine metūtum); third conjugation
- I fear, am afraid
Inflection
| Conjugation of metuo (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 | metuerimus | metueritis | 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 | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | metuere | metuisse | metūtūrus esse | metuī | metūtus esse | metūtum īrī | |
| participles | metuēns | — | metūtūrus | — | metūtus | metuendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| metuere | metuendī | metuendō | metuendum | metūtum | metūtū | ||
Synonyms
- timeo, vereor
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.