"metus" meaning in All languages combined

See metus on Wiktionary

Verb [Esperanto]

Head templates: {{eo-head}} metus
  1. conditional of meti Tags: conditional, form-of Form of: meti
    Sense id: en-metus-eo-verb-xR2y5jDP Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Ido]

Head templates: {{head|io|verb form}} metus
  1. conditional of metar Tags: conditional, form-of Form of: metar
    Sense id: en-metus-io-verb-J4eZOZpe Categories (other): Ido entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈme.tus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈmɛt̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈme.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmɛːt̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *metu-, of uncertain origin. Klingenschmitt connects the word to Old Irish moth (“astonishment”), which is semantically attractive; however, he does not explain the phonetic mechanisms by which the two words could be related. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*metu-}} Proto-Italic *metu-, {{unc|la|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{cog|sga|moth|t=astonishment}} Old Irish moth (“astonishment”) Head templates: {{la-noun|metus<4>}} metus m (genitive metūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|metus<4>}} Forms: metūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], metus [nominative, singular], metūs [nominative, plural], metūs [genitive, singular], metuum [genitive, plural], metuī [dative, singular], metibus [dative, plural], metum [accusative, singular], metūs [accusative, plural], metū [ablative, singular], metibus [ablative, plural], metus [singular, vocative], metūs [plural, vocative]
  1. fear, dread Tags: declension-4, masculine Synonyms: terror, timor, pavor
    Sense id: en-metus-la-noun-NpTo9PGE Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. anxiety, awe Tags: declension-4, masculine
    Sense id: en-metus-la-noun-CpPkQfL7 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: metuō, in metū sum (english: I am in fear), meticulōsus, metum concipiō (english: I become afraid), metum habeō (english: I am afraid, I entertain fear)

Noun [Lithuanian]

Forms: metùs [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|lt|noun form|head=metùs}} metùs
  1. accusative plural of mẽtas (“time”) Tags: accusative, form-of, plural Form of: mẽtas (extra: time)
    Sense id: en-metus-lt-noun-GoQ7U09S Categories (other): Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "metus",
      "name": "eo-head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "meti"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conditional of meti"
      ],
      "id": "en-metus-eo-verb-xR2y5jDP",
      "links": [
        [
          "meti",
          "meti#Esperanto"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "metus"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "io",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "metus",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ido",
  "lang_code": "io",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ido entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "metar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conditional of metar"
      ],
      "id": "en-metus-io-verb-J4eZOZpe",
      "links": [
        [
          "metar",
          "metar#Ido"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "metus"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "metuō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "I am in fear",
      "word": "in metū sum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meticulōsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "I become afraid",
      "word": "metum concipiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "I am afraid, I entertain fear",
      "word": "metum habeō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "mei"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: mei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: mei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-gas",
            "2": "met"
          },
          "expansion": "Gascon: met",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gascon: met"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "mieu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: mieu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: mieu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oan",
            "2": "miedo"
          },
          "expansion": "Navarro-Aragonese: miedo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Navarro-Aragonese: miedo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "miedo"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: miedo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: miedo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "medo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: medo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: medo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "medo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: medo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: medo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "medo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: medo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: medo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "miedo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: miedo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: miedo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pap",
            "2": "miedu"
          },
          "expansion": "Papiamentu: miedu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Papiamentu: miedu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*metōrōsus",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *metōrōsus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "by analogy with <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">*pavōrōsus</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "(by analogy with *pavōrōsus)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *metōrōsus (by analogy with *pavōrōsus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "medoroso",
            "3": "mederoso",
            "4": "medroso"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: medoroso, mederoso, medroso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: medoroso, mederoso, medroso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "medroso"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: medroso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: medroso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "medroso"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: medroso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: medroso"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*metu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *metu-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "moth",
        "t": "astonishment"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish moth (“astonishment”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *metu-, of uncertain origin. Klingenschmitt connects the word to Old Irish moth (“astonishment”), which is semantically attractive; however, he does not explain the phonetic mechanisms by which the two words could be related.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "metūs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metuum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metuī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "metus<4>"
      },
      "expansion": "metus m (genitive metūs); fourth declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "metus<4>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Every fear is harmful to [writing] verses; I have already been destroyed, and now I suspect a sword will be stuck in my throat.\n(Even though the poet had been sentenced to live in exile he still feared for his life.)",
          "ref": "8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.43–44",
          "roman": "haesūrum iugulō iam putō iamque meō.",
          "text": "carminibus metus omnis obest; perditus ēnsem"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fear, dread"
      ],
      "id": "en-metus-la-noun-NpTo9PGE",
      "links": [
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ],
        [
          "dread",
          "dread"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "terror"
        },
        {
          "word": "timor"
        },
        {
          "word": "pavor"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anxiety, awe"
      ],
      "id": "en-metus-la-noun-CpPkQfL7",
      "links": [
        [
          "anxiety",
          "anxiety"
        ],
        [
          "awe",
          "awe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛt̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛːt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "metus"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "metùs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "noun form",
        "head": "metùs"
      },
      "expansion": "metùs",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lithuanian",
  "lang_code": "lt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "time",
          "word": "mẽtas"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "accusative plural of mẽtas (“time”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-metus-lt-noun-GoQ7U09S",
      "links": [
        [
          "mẽtas",
          "metas#Lithuanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "metus"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "metus",
      "name": "eo-head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
        "Esperanto non-lemma forms",
        "Esperanto verb forms",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "meti"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conditional of meti"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meti",
          "meti#Esperanto"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "metus"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "io",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "metus",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ido",
  "lang_code": "io",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ido entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ido non-lemma forms",
        "Ido verb forms",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "metar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conditional of metar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "metar",
          "metar#Ido"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "metus"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin fourth declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "metuō"
    },
    {
      "english": "I am in fear",
      "word": "in metū sum"
    },
    {
      "word": "meticulōsus"
    },
    {
      "english": "I become afraid",
      "word": "metum concipiō"
    },
    {
      "english": "I am afraid, I entertain fear",
      "word": "metum habeō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "mei"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: mei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: mei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-gas",
            "2": "met"
          },
          "expansion": "Gascon: met",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gascon: met"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "mieu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: mieu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: mieu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oan",
            "2": "miedo"
          },
          "expansion": "Navarro-Aragonese: miedo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Navarro-Aragonese: miedo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "miedo"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: miedo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: miedo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "medo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: medo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: medo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "medo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: medo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: medo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "medo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: medo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: medo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "miedo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: miedo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: miedo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pap",
            "2": "miedu"
          },
          "expansion": "Papiamentu: miedu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Papiamentu: miedu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*metōrōsus",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *metōrōsus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "by analogy with <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">*pavōrōsus</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "(by analogy with *pavōrōsus)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *metōrōsus (by analogy with *pavōrōsus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "medoroso",
            "3": "mederoso",
            "4": "medroso"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: medoroso, mederoso, medroso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: medoroso, mederoso, medroso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "medroso"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: medroso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: medroso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "medroso"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: medroso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: medroso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*metu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *metu-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "moth",
        "t": "astonishment"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish moth (“astonishment”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *metu-, of uncertain origin. Klingenschmitt connects the word to Old Irish moth (“astonishment”), which is semantically attractive; however, he does not explain the phonetic mechanisms by which the two words could be related.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "metūs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metuum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metuī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "metus<4>"
      },
      "expansion": "metus m (genitive metūs); fourth declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "metus<4>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Every fear is harmful to [writing] verses; I have already been destroyed, and now I suspect a sword will be stuck in my throat.\n(Even though the poet had been sentenced to live in exile he still feared for his life.)",
          "ref": "8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.43–44",
          "roman": "haesūrum iugulō iam putō iamque meō.",
          "text": "carminibus metus omnis obest; perditus ēnsem"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fear, dread"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ],
        [
          "dread",
          "dread"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "terror"
        },
        {
          "word": "timor"
        },
        {
          "word": "pavor"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anxiety, awe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anxiety",
          "anxiety"
        ],
        [
          "awe",
          "awe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛt̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛːt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "metus"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "metùs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "noun form",
        "head": "metùs"
      },
      "expansion": "metùs",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lithuanian",
  "lang_code": "lt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Lithuanian non-lemma forms",
        "Lithuanian noun forms",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "time",
          "word": "mẽtas"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "accusative plural of mẽtas (“time”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mẽtas",
          "metas#Lithuanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "metus"
}

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