metuens

mĕtŭens, Part. and P. a., v. metuo fin.

metuēns, entis, PAdi. (v. metuo), fürchtend, besorgt, bange, in Furcht, m. Genet., metuens legum, Cic.: Roma metuens domini, Lucan.: metuens virgae (Achilles), bange vor der R., Iuven.: captivitatis metuens, Apul.: irae superûm metuens (vor dem Z.), Apul.: metuentior undae, Ov.: metuentior deorum, gottesfürchtiger, Ov. – metuentior in posterum, Tac.

mĕtŭēns, (13) tis, part.-adj. de metuo, qui craint : Hor. S. 2, 2, 110 || -tior Tac. Ann. 13, 15.

metuēns entis, adj.with comp.

• P. of metuo, fearing, afraid, fearful, timid, apprehensive, anxious: homines legum metuentes: futuri, H.: virgae, Iu.: me metuentem expendere casūs, anxiously, V.: metuentius ingenium, O.: metuentior deorum, more god-fearing, O.