metuens, (gen.), metuentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
fearing; afraid;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | metuentia |
| Acc. | metuens | metuentia |
| Voc. | — | metuentia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | metuentius | metuentiora |
| Gen. | metuentioris | — |
| Acc. | metuentius | metuentiora |
| Voc. | metuentius | metuentiora |
Examples
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...egon istuc facerem? SI. credidi, idque adeo metuens vos celavi quod nunc dicam. DA. quid? SI. scies..."Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...famulos, Ptolemaee, caput. sic barbara Colchiscreditur ultorem metuens regnique fugaeque 465ense suo fratrisque simul ceruice parataexpectasse patrem. cogunt..."Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Magnum spectare potest. stetit anxia classisad ducis euentum, metuens non arma nefasquesed ne summissis precibus Pompeius adoretsceptra..."Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...solutaeaeris et calido liquefactae pondere glandes;cum Caesar, metuens ne frons sibi prima labaret 521incursu, tenet obliquas post..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Iapyga Pinduset maturato praecidit uespere lucem; 340nec metuens imi Borean habitator Olympilucentem totis ignorat noctibus Arcton.hos inter montis..."Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uagam curisque uacantemcorripuit cogitque fores inrumpere templi.limine terrifico metuens consistere Phoebasabsterrere ducem noscendi ardore futuracassa fraude parat. 'quid..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...acies tantae paruum spissantur in orbem,ac, siquis metuens medium correpsit in agmen,uix inpune suos inter conuertitur..."Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cunas recessim rursum vorsum trahere et ducere, metuens pueris, mihi formidans; tantoque angues acrius persequi. postquam conspexit angues..."