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1 Graecostasis
Graecostasis is, f, γραικόστασ&λτ;*&γτ;σ, a building in which foreign ambassadors awaited decisions of the senate. -
2 metuō
metuō uī, —, ere [metus], to fear, be afraid, stand in fear, be apprehensive: de suā vitā, for his life: metuens ab Hannibale, afraid of Hannibal, L.: inopi metuens formica senectae, anxious about, V.: suis iuvencis, H.: ne morbus adgravescat, T.: metuit ut eam (calamitatem) ipse posset sustinere, that he cannot bear: ut sis vitalis, H.: metuis ne non, quom velis, convincas esse illum tuom? T.: metui, quid futurum denique esset, awaited with fear, T.: quid agam, T.: quem metuunt oderunt, Enn. ap. C.: metuebant (senem) servi, verebantur liberi: Deos, T.: nihil nisi turpem famam, S.: nocentem corporibus Austrum, shun, H.: quis Rex metuatur, H.: a me insidias: supplicia a vobis, fear from you: periculum ex illis, S.: temptare spem certaminis, shrink from putting to the test, L.: reddere soldum, be averse, H.: nil iurare, Ct.: aequore tingui, shrinking from, V.: tantam molem sibi ac posteris, L.* * *metuere, metui, - Vfear; be afraid; stand in fear of; be apprehensive, dread -
3 metuo
mĕtŭo, ŭi, ūtum (cf.:I.nimis ante metutum,
Lucr. 5, 1140), 3, v. a. and n. [metus], to fear, be afraid of a person or thing; to hesitate, not to venture, not to wish (syn.: vereor, formido, timeo); with inf., with ne, to fear lest; with ui or ne non, to fear that not; also of inanimate things, with acc., to fear, revere, reverence one; as a v. n., to fear, be afraid, be in fear, be apprehensive, esp. as the effect of the idea of threatening evil (whereas timere usually denotes the effect of some external cause of terror); to dread, apprehend; with an indirect interrogation: non metuo quin, for non dubito quin, I doubt not but; to be anxious about any one; with dat. (class.).Act.: quem metuont oderunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23 (Trag. v. 403 Vahl.):(β).deos et amo et metuo,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 73:male ego metuo milvos,
id. ib. 5, 5, 13:metuebant (senem) servi, verebantur liberi,
Cic. Sen. 11, 37:tu, qui crimen ais te metuisse,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 78: nec pol istae metuunt Deos, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 6:absentem patrem,
id. Phorm. 1, 2, 68:nec metuit quemquam,
id. Ad. 1, 2, 5.—With ab:quid a nobis metuit?
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 12:a me insidias,
Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2:supplicia a vobis metuere debent,
to fear from you, id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:a quo (Ajace) sibi non injuriā summum periculum metuebat,
Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29:a quo domino sibi metuebat graves cruciatus,
Aug. Lib. Arbitr. 1, 4, 9; Gregor. M. Homil. 1, 14, 2; Aug. cont. Acad. 2, 8.—With ex:si periculum ex illis metuit,
Sall. C. 52, 16.—With de:de lanificio neminem metuo, una aetate quae sit,
i. e. no one's competition in spinning, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 22.—Of inanim. subjects:quae res cotidie videntur, minus metuunt furem,
Varr. R. R. 1, 22.—With inf.:(γ).metuont credere omnes,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 70:ut tentare spem certaminis metuunt,
Liv. 32, 31:nil metuunt jurare,
Cat. 64, 146:reddere soldum,
not to wish, be averse to, Hor. S. 2, 5, 65:praebere,
id. Ep. 1, 18, 1.—Of nonpersonal subjects:illum aget pennā metuente solvi Fama superstes,
Hor. C. 2, 2, 7. —With ne:(δ).nimis metuebam male, ne abiisses,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 8:male metuo ne... morbus aggravescat,
Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 2:fratrem, ne intus sit (Gr. construction),
id. Eun. 3, 5, 62.—With ut:(ε).ornamenta, quae locavi, metuo, ut possim recipere,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 3:metuo ut hodie possim emolirier,
id. Bacch. 4, 5, 2:metuo ut substet hospes,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 11:ut sis vitalis,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 61.—With ne non:(ζ).metuo ne non sit surda,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 12; id. Pers. 4, 6, 4:metuis ne non, quom velis, convincas esse illum tuom?
Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 15.—With quin:(η).non metuo meae quin uxori latae suppetiae sient,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 54.—With object-clause, to await with fear, anxiety; to be in apprehension, concerned about:(θ).metuo, patres quot fuerint,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 35:metui, quid futurum denique esset,
I dreaded, awaited with fear, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 8: metuo quid agam. Sy. Metuis? quasi non ea potestas sit tua, etc., id. ib. 4, 3, 42:metuo qualem tu me esse hominem existumes,
id. Eun. 4, 6, 20.—Pass. with dat.:(ι).jam maturis metuendus Juppiter uvis,
Verg. G. 2, 419. —Absol.:B.se e contempto metuendum fecit,
Sall. H. 1, 48, 3.—(Eccl. Lat.) Of religious fear, to revere, dread, hold in reverence:II.Deum,
Vulg. Lev. 25, 43:Dominum Deum nostrum,
id. Jer. 5, 24:sanctuarium meum,
id. Lev. 19, 30.—Neutr., to fear, be afraid, be apprehensive, etc.(α).With de:(β). (γ).neque tam de suā vitā, quam de me metuit,
fears not so much for his own life as for me, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6.—With pro:(δ).metuere pro aliquo,
Petr. 123.—With dat., to be anxious about or for a person or thing:metuens pueris,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 60:inopi metuens formica senectae,
Verg. G. 1, 186:tum decuit metuisse tuis,
id. A. 10, 94.—Hence, mĕtŭens, entis, P. a., fearing, afraid of any thing; anxious for any person or thing; with gen. or absol. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):contentus parvo metuensque futuri,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 110:metuens virgae,
Juv. 7, 210.— Comp.:quo non metuentius ullum Numinis ingenium,
Ov. F. 6, 259:Nero metuentior in posterum,
Tac. A. 13, 25.
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