metuens

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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.
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