fear (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. mĕtus, ūs (in gen. sense, the apprehension of future evil)2. tīmor, ōris, m. (esp. the f. of timidity3. formīdo, ĭnis, f. (defined by Cic. as metus permanens, Tusc. 4, 8, 19)4. păvor (metus mentem loco movens, Cic. l. c.) • fear (subs.): 1. mĕtus, ūs (in gen. sense, the apprehension of future evil): f. is the anxious expectation of future unhappiness, est m. futurae aegritudinis sollicita expectatio, Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 52: to be in f., in m. esse, Cic.: to be inspired with f., metum capere, Liv.; accipere, Ter.; concipere, Ov.: to inspire any one with f., m. alicui injicere, Caes.; incutere, afferre, offerre, Cic.; inferre, Liv.; facere, Ov. to relieve any one's f., m. alicui adimere, Ter.; dejicere, depellere, levare, Cic.: aliquem metu exonerare, Liv.: I relieve you from all f. on my account, omni te de me metu libero, Cic.: I will presently relieve you of all fear, ademtum tibi jam faxo m. omnem, Ter.: to be breathless with f., metu exanimari, Cic.: lest f. should seize upon the rest, ne reliquos metus invaderet, Sall. 2. tīmor, ōris, m. (esp. the f. of timidity: Cicero classes it as a variety of metus. Tusc. 4, 8, 19: the two words run very much into each other): f. of death, mortis t., Lucr.: f. of a serious war, belli magni t., Cic.: f. stops utterance, t. praepedit dicta linguae, Pl.: I am in great f., magno t. sum, Cic.: the circumstance which causes me f., res quae mihi facit t., Cic.: the state was in f. that the hostages were meditating these designs, in t. civitas fuit, obsides ea moliri. Liv.: to be inspired with f.: the same verbs can be used as with metus (v. supr.); so to inspire with f. (v. supr.): f. seizes upon all the army, timor omnem exercitum occupat, Caes.: so, t. patres incessit, Liv.: incedo is also followed by a dat.: women, upon whom had fallen an unwonted f. of war, mulieres, quibus belli t. insolitus incesserat, Sall.: to lay aside one's f., t. abjicere, omittere, Cic.; t. deponere, Ov.: to be seized with f., timore affici, Cic. Phr.: to have one's f.s about something, vereri de aliqua re, Cic:. see also alarm, dread, panic. 3. formīdo, ĭnis, f. (defined by Cic. as metus permanens, Tusc. 4, 8, 19): v. dread. 4. păvor (metus mentem loco movens, Cic. l. c.): v. panic, alarm. N.B.--The most common adjectives with metus or timor, are such as magnus, ingens, tantus, quantus: thus, to inspire any one with lively, serious, keen, f., alicui magnum (ingentem) metum (timorem) injicere, etc.