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{
"_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"
}
],
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"templates": [],
"text": "Padanian:"
},
{
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{
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"2": "mei"
},
"expansion": "Piedmontese: mei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Piedmontese: mei"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Southern Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
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{
"args": {
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"2": "met"
},
"expansion": "Gascon: met",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gascon: met"
},
{
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"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
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{
"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,
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{
"args": {
"1": "an",
"2": "miedo"
},
"expansion": "Aragonese: miedo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aragonese: miedo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "medo"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: medo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: medo"
},
{
"depth": 3,
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{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "medo"
},
"expansion": "Galician: medo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: medo"
},
{
"depth": 3,
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{
"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,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pap",
"2": "miedu"
},
"expansion": "Papiamentu: miedu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Papiamentu: miedu"
},
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{
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"1": "VL.",
"2": "*metōrōsus",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *metōrōsus",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "VL.",
"2": "*pavōrōsus"
},
"expansion": "*pavōrōsus",
"name": "m"
},
{
"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,
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{
"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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"2": "itc-pro",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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},
"expansion": "uncertain",
"name": "unc"
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{
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"2": "moth",
"t": "astonishment"
},
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}
],
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"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "metuum",
"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"singular"
]
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "metus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
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"form": "metūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "metus<4>"
},
"expansion": "metus m (genitive metūs); fourth declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
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"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"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"glosses": [
"anxiety, awe"
],
"id": "en-metus-la-noun-CpPkQfL7",
"links": [
[
"anxiety",
"anxiety"
],
[
"awe",
"awe"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈme.tus/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛt̪ʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈme.tus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛːt̪us]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"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"
],
"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,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pap",
"2": "miedu"
},
"expansion": "Papiamentu: miedu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Papiamentu: miedu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "VL.",
"2": "*metōrōsus",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *metōrōsus",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "VL.",
"2": "*pavōrōsus"
},
"expansion": "*pavōrōsus",
"name": "m"
},
{
"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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"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*metu-"
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{
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"1": "la",
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"expansion": "uncertain",
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"2": "moth",
"t": "astonishment"
},
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"name": "cog"
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"form": "metūs",
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"genitive"
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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"inflection-template"
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"nominative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "metūs",
"source": "declension",
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"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"
]
}
],
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"1": "metus<4>"
},
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"1": "metus<4>"
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],
"lang": "Latin",
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{
"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"
]
],
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{
"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"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛt̪ʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈme.tus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛːt̪us]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "metus"
}
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