metuens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of metuō.

Participle

metuēns (genitive metuentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. fearing, frightened, afraid, scared

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	metuēns			metuentēs	metuentia
Genitive	metuentis			metuentium
Dative	metuentī			metuentibus
Accusative	metuentem	metuēns		metuentēs metuentīs	metuentia
Ablative	metuente metuentī1			metuentibus
Vocative	metuēns			metuentēs	metuentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

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