metuo

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Latin

Etymology

From metus.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to fear, be afraid
    Synonyms: vereor, extimēscō, timeō, trepidō

Usage notes

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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives metuere metuisse metūtūrum esse metuī metūtum esse metūtum īrī
participles metuēns — metūtūrus — metūtus metuendus
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.
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