metus

Definitiones

1. fear, dread, anxiety, apprehension
   declension-4, masculine
2. awe, reverence
   declension-4, masculine

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“Magnō mē metū līberābis, dum modo inter mē atque tē mūrus intersit. You will free me from a great fear, provided only that a wall lies between you and me. (Magnō … metū: ablative of separation.)”

“carminibus metus omnis obest; perditus ēnsem”

Every fear is harmful to [writing] verses; I have already been destroyed, and now I suspect a sword will be stuck in my throat. (Even though the poet had been sentenced to live in exile he still feared for his life.)

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