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metus <ūs> m

1.

metus
Furcht, Befürchtung, Besorgnis (vor etw.: Gen, a re; vor jmdm.: Gen, ab, ex alqo; für, um, wegen: de alqo u. de re, pro re, propter alqm) [ calamitatis; a vi atque ira deorum; hostium; a Romanis; ex imperatore; de fratre; pro re publica; caecus; hostilis vor dem Feind; regius vor dem König; alienus vor anderen; Parthicus vor einem Krieg m. den Parthern; is metus die Furcht davor ]
metum alci afferre [o. inferre, inicere, facere] alqm in metum adducere
cadit in alqm metus
es trifft jmd. die Furcht
demere fratris metum
in metu esse [o. metum habere]
gefürchtet werden, (selten) in Furcht sein, Furcht haben, sich fürchten
metus im Pl
Befürchtungen, Besorgnisse, Schreckbilder

2.

metus poet
Ehrfurcht
mens trepidat metu
laurus multos metu servata per annos Verg.

3. meton.

metus
Gegenstand der Furcht; besorgniserregende Lage, kritischer Augenblick, drohende Gefahr
metus maximi belli
anceps metus et a cive et ab hoste
in metu
in dieser gefährlichen Lage; altl. Gen Sg metuis; Dat Sg metū
Declension of metus
Case Singular Plural
Nominative metus metūs
Genitive metūs metuum
Dative metuī metibus
Accusative metum metūs
Ablative metū metibus