Esperanto

Verb

metus

1. conditional of meti

Ido

Verb

metus

1. conditional of metar

Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tus/, [ˈmɛ.tʊs]

Noun

metus m ‎(genitive metūs); fourth declension

1. fear, dread
2. anxiety

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Synonyms

• (fear ^def.): timor

Derived terms

Descendants

• Asturian: mieu
• Galician: medo
• Portuguese: medo
• Spanish: miedo

References

• metus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• metus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “metus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be comprised under the term 'fear.: sub metum subiectum esse
    
  • a man is paralysed with fear: metus aliquem exanimat (Mil. 24. 65)
    
  • to grow pale with fear: exalbescere metu
    
  • to be completely prostrated by fear: metu fractum et debilitatum, perculsum esse
    
  • to recover from one's fright: a metu respirare (Cluent. 70. 200)
    
  • to recover from one's fright: ex metu se recreare, se colligere