timeo

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Latin

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Indo-European *temH-. Perhaps cognate with tenebrae, tēmulentus.

Pronunciation

Verb

timeō (present infinitive timēre, perfect active timuī); second conjugation, no supine stem

  1. (transitive) to fear, be afraid of, apprehend, be apprehensive of
    Synonyms: metuō, trepidō
  2. (intransitive) to be afraid, to fear, to be apprehensive
    Synonyms: extimēscō, vereor

Usage notes

Conjugation

   Conjugation of timeō (second conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present timeō timēs timet timēmus timētis timent
imperfect timēbam timēbās timēbat timēbāmus timēbātis timēbant
future timēbō timēbis timēbit timēbimus timēbitis timēbunt
perfect timuī timuistī timuit timuimus timuistis timuērunt,
timuēre
pluperfect timueram timuerās timuerat timuerāmus timuerātis timuerant
future perfect timuerō timueris timuerit timuerimus timueritis timuerint
passive present timeor timēris,
timēre 		timētur timēmur timēminī timentur
imperfect timēbar timēbāris,
timēbāre 		timēbātur timēbāmur timēbāminī timēbantur
future timēbor timēberis,
timēbere 		timēbitur timēbimur timēbiminī timēbuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present timeam timeās timeat timeāmus timeātis timeant
imperfect timērem timērēs timēret timērēmus timērētis timērent
perfect timuerim timuerīs timuerit timuerīmus timuerītis timuerint
pluperfect timuissem timuissēs timuisset timuissēmus timuissētis timuissent
passive present timear timeāris,
timeāre 		timeātur timeāmur timeāminī timeantur
imperfect timērer timērēris,
timērēre 		timērētur timērēmur timērēminī timērentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — timē — — timēte —
future — timētō timētō — timētōte timentō
passive present — timēre — — timēminī —
future — timētor timētor — — timentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives timēre timuisse — timērī — —
participles timēns — — — — timendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
timendī timendō timendum timendō — —

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References

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