vereor

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 [1] and wary.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

   Synonym: revereor

2. I am 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		verērī	veritum esse	veritūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		verēns	veritus	veritūrus	—	—	verendus
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

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN