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
- P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...egon istuc facerem? SI. credidi, idque adeo metuens vos celavi quod nunc dicam. DA. quid? SI. scies..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cunas recessim rursum vorsum trahere et ducere, metuens pueris, mihi formidans; tantoque angues acrius persequi. postquam conspexit angues..."