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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• fear (subs.):
      1. 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. 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. 3. formīdo, ĭnis, f. (defined by Cic. as metus permanens, Tusc. 4, 8, 19): v. dread.
      4. 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.
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• fear (v.):
      1. 1. mĕtuo, i, 3: they f. the gods, metuunt deos, Ter.: they ought to f. punishment from you, supplicia a vobis m. debent, Cic.: with ne or ut and subjunctive (L. G. § 460): I f.'d that you had gone away, metuebam ne abiisses, Pl.: I f. that I shall not be able to recover the ornaments which I have lent, ornamenta quae locavi metuo ut possim recipere, Pl. (N.B.--Metuo te is I fear you; metuo tibi, I am alarmed on your behalf.)
      2. 2. tĭmeo, ui, 2 (for the distinction between metuo and timeo see subs.): I f. the Greeks, even with gifts in their hands, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes, Virg.: to f. the wrath of a divinity, iram numinis t., Ov.: to reverence and f. the immortal gods, vereri et t. deos immortales, Liv.: the ship is safe; f. not, salva est navis; ne time! Pl.: I f. that you will not bear up, timeo ut sustineas, Cic.: I f.'d for you, tibi timui, Ter.: to f. for the city, urbi t., Hor.
      3. 3. vĕreor, ĭtus, 2: (a). of the fear of reverence: to f. the censure of the learned and wise, reprehensionem doctorum et prudentium v., Cic.: his slaves stood in awe of him; his children f.'d him, metuebant eum servi; verebantur liberi, Cic.: to f. the immortal gods, deos immortales v., Liv.: v. to reverence, respect. (b). of simple fear or apprehension = metuo or timeo: they said they did not f. the enemy, but the defiles of the road, and the extent of the woods, dicebant non se hostes v., sed angustias itineris et magnitudinem silvarum, Caes.: to f. poverty, pauperiem v., Hor.: to f. punishment, supplicia v., Hor.: I f. Gallic wars, vereor Gallica bella, Cic.: to f. to kill any one, aliquem interficere v., Caes.: I f. to say, vereor dicere, Ter.: he f.'d the less for the ships, eo minus veritus est navibus, Caes.: I shall never cease f.ing about Carthage till I learn that she is rased to the ground, non desinam v. de Carthagine donec penitus excisam cognovero, Cic.: he f.'d that he might hurt the feelings of Divitiacus by the punishment of his brother, ne fratris supplicio Divitiaci animum offenderet verebatur, Caes.: I f., Crassus, that I cannot grant you those two propositions, illa duo, Crasse, vereor ut tibi possim concedere, Cic.: I always f.'d what would be the upshot of my master's levity, heri semper lenitas verebar quorsum evaderet, Ter.
      4. 4. extĭmesco, pertĭmesco, tĭmui, 3 (only in act. and gerundive: to f. greatly): famine was greatly to be f.'d, fames erat pertimescenda, Caes.: he greatly f.'d that he had committed some offence, ne quid peccasset pertimescebat, Cic there is no reason why you should greatly f. my arrival, nihil est quod adventum nostrum extimescas, Cic.: casualties greatly to be f.'d, casus extimescendi, Caes.: v. to dread.
      5. 5. rĕvĕreor, ĭtus, 2 (v. to reverence): to f. suspicion, suspicionem r., Cic.: to f. rivalry, simultatem r., Pl.: hesitating, casting timid glances around, f.ing many obstacles, dubitans, circumspectans, multa adversa reverens, Cic.
      6. 6. subvĕreor (to be half afraid): I sometimes f. a little that you may choose to defer your departure, subvereor interdum ne te delectet tarda decessio, Cic.
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• FEAR
1. s. metus (fear, as a thought or apprehension that an evil, however distant it may be at the moment, may befall us; it is based on precaution, deliberation, and circumspection; ☞ Cic., Tusc., 4, 7, 13, and 37, 80; 5, 18, 52. In a philosophical sense, “metus” is the generic term; Vid: Cic., Tusc., 4, 17, 16): timor (fear, as a feeling or anxiety which an approaching evil produces in us; it is especially a mark of weakness and timidity; ☞ Cic., Tusc. 4, 8, 19). (The words are found in this connection and order.) metus ac timor: verecundia (the shrinking from anything which would hurt one’s feeling of self-respect; e.g., of disgrace, turpitudinis): terror (sudden fear, fright, manifesting itself by the paleness of the face, trembling of the whole body, and chattering of the teeth; Vid: Cic., in the passages referred to): pavor (the fear of the coward, or of one who is panic-struck, etc.; Vid: Liv., 6, 12; terrorem equestrem occupatis alio pavore infer; compare Cic., etc., as quoted above): trepidatio (the fear that manifests itself in disquietude, as in running to and fro without object, etc.): horror: formido (denote the highest degree of fear, horror). (The words are found in this connection and order.) horror formidoque: timiditas (timidity): ignavia (the timidity of the pusillanimous man. ☞ “timiditas” may at times be excusable, but “ignavia” never is). A reasonable fear, timor verus: an unreasonable or groundless fear, timor falsus, inanis; metus vanus: the fear of, etc., metus, timor alicujus (or alicujus rei), or ab aliquo (or a re): constant fear of, etc., timor assiduus a, etc.: standing in fear of anything, metuens alicujus rei: a (salutary) fear of royal or consular authority, metus regius or consularis (☞ Liv., 2, 1, in.): the fear of their slaves, terror servilis ne suus cuique domi hostis esset (Liv.): fear respecting one’s domestic affairs, timor domesticus: from fear of punishment, metu poenae: from fear of anybody (i. e., to do anything), alieno metu facere aliquid: for fear the enemy should fall upon them, prae metu, ne hostis irrumperet: full of fear, metu (timore) perterritus, timore perculsus, metu fractus et debilitatus (entirely beside one’s self from fear): without fear, metu vacuus. [Compare FEARLESS.] To be without fear, sine metu (timore) esse; metu vacare: to be or live in fear, in metu (timore) esse; (but for “metuere” and “timere,” used absolutely for “to be in fear,” we find no authority in Latin dictionaries; “timere” is, however, used in that sense by Tac., Agr., 32, 2); metuentem vivere (Vid: Hor., Ep., 1, 16, 66): to be or live in great fear, in magno metu (timore) esse, versari; also pavere; trepidare, especially with metu, formidine (†): to be in fear. about anybody, in metu esse propter aliquem: to be seized with fear respecting anything, perterritum esse metu alicujus rei: I am in great fear about you, praecipuum metum, quod ad te attinet, habeo: to be no longer in fear, omittere, abjicere timorem: to be in fear by anybody’s means, esse in metu propter aliquem (Cic.): to feel something between hope and fear, to be divided between hope and fear, inter spem metumque suspensum esse (Liv. 8, 13); inter spem metumque fluctuare (Liv. 42, 59, 8); inter spem et desperationem haesitare (Curt. 4, 15, 3); dubia spe et suspenso metu esse (after Justinus, 19, 2, 11): to put anybody in fear, or to inspire anybody with fear, metum (timorem, terrorem, pavorem, formidinem) alicui injicere, incutere; metum (timorem, terrorem) alicui afferre, inferre, offerre; aliquem in metum compellere, conjicere: anything produces fear, timor incutitur ex re: anything puts me in fear, facit mihi aliquid timorem: in great fear, aliquid me summo timore afficit: to be overwhelmed, etc., beside one’s self, etc., with fear., magno timore affici, percelli; metu frangi, debilitari, perterreri, exanimari (Cic.); timore perterreri (Caes.): my friends are in great fear about me, maximo de nobis timore affecti sunt amici nostri: anything fills the minds of men with the greatest fear, aliquid animos ad summum timorem traducit: the fear they entertained of the aristocracy was sunk in the greater fear which the Romans inspired, major a Romanis metus timorem a principibus suis vicit: to be seized with fear, metus me invadit; animo metus objicitur; timor me occupat, me incessit; metu, timore affici (Cic.); in timorem pervenire (Caes.); metum capere (Liv.): all were thrown into great fear, timor omnium incessit magnus; timor incessit omnes magnus: they were thrown into great fear on account of or concerning etc., timor magnus alicujus rei incessit: I am suddenly seized with fear, subito me timor occupat; also timore opprimor: to lay aside, throw away, etc., fear, timorem abjicere, omittere (Cic.); metum omittere (Caes.); metum ponere (Plin., Ep.); timorem deponere (Ov.), mittere (Verg.): they had laid aside their fear, timor mentibus discesserat (Sall.): to be tormented by fear, metus me macerat, cruciat (after Cic.): to let fear be visible in all he does, omnia trepidantius timidiusque agere: to entertain an imaginary fear of anything, opinione timere aliquid (Cic.): to recover from one’s fear, ex timore se colligere (Caes.); a metu respirare (Cic.): I cannot speak for fear, mihi lingua metu haeret: to obey the laws from fear, propter metum legibus parere (Cic.): my hair stands on end with fear, formidine horreo: I am trembling with fear, timore perterritus tremo; on account of anything, paveo aliquid, ad aliquid; or, that, etc., ne, etc.: I am almost beside myself with fear, vix sum apud me, ita commotus est animus metu: without fear, Vid: FEARLESS.
2. v. metuere, timere aliquid. (Compare here, and for the following verbs, SYN. of substantives in FEAR, s.) (The words are found in this connection and order.) metuere ac timere: in metu ponere, habere aliquid (= metuere): extimescere, pertimescere aliquid (stronger terms than timere): vereri aliquem or de re (stands next to metuere, indicating fear, as produced by a sort of awe or dread of the magnitude, importance, etc., of the object feared; hence it is the general term used when a person expresses an opinion, as a fear that something is or is not so; it implying that the speaker will not venture to pronounce a positive opinion, but is afraid, etc.): pavere aliquid or ad aliquid (to feel anxiety, or to be disheartened): horrere aliquid (to dread; to shudder or shrink from anything; e.g., numen divinum). (The words are found in this connection and order.) metuere atque horrere (e.g., capital punishments, supplicia): formidare, reformidare aliquid (to feel a dread of anything; e.g., of death, mortem, etc.): we fear nothing, sine timore sumus: there is no enemy near to be feared, nullus in propinquo est hostium metus: to fear everything or anything from anybody, omnia ex or ab aliquo timere: you have nothing to fear from me, nihil tibi est a me periculi: not to fear anybody or anything, contemnere aliquem or aliquid: to fear death, mortis appropinquatione angi; mortis metu perterritum esse; mortem reformidare: to make anybody fear [Vid: “to put in FEAR”]. He made himself so feared, tantum sui timorem injecit: which or what I do not fear (i. e., which I hope will not happen), id quod non spero (parenthetically used, Vid: Cic., Rosc. Am., 4, 10, Moeb.): I fear (i. e., entertain anxiety, am fearful) for or about anybody or anything, metuo, timeo, alicui (rei) and de aliquo (aliqua re): extimesco, pertimesco de re; vereor alicui rei: I fear extremely, magno timore sum (opposed to bene spero): to fear for one’s life and property, de capite fortunisque extimescere; to begin to fear, ad timorem se convertere. I fear that etc., metuo, timeo, vereor, extimesco, pertimesco; also horreo, ne, etc.; that... not, etc., ne non or ut (but not ut non): I rather fear, or fear a little, begin to fear, that, etc., subtimeo ne, etc.; subvereor, ne, etc.: to make anybody fear, that, etc., aliquem in eum metum adducere, ut pertimescat, ne, etc. (Cic., Mur., 24, init.): they begin to fear that, etc., in timorem perveniunt, ne, etc.: it is to be feared, timendum est, periculum est, ne, etc.: to fear nothing, bono esse animo; bonum habere animum (to be of good courage); securum esse (to believe one’s self safe, without really being so): to have nothing to fear, tutum esse (to be safe in reality, whatever fear may be entertained): do not fear! or, fear nothing! bono sis animo; or bonum habe animum; noli timere or laborare; omitte timorem: to fear God, Deum vereri; Deum vereri et colere: to fear (absolute); Vid: “to be in fear” in FEAR, s.