metuant

metuant is a Latin form of metuo, meaning “fear, be afraid (of)”. It is the 3rd person plural present active subjunctive.

Found 27 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 43: … stes, quid socii de imperatoribus nostris existiment quis ignorat, cum sciamus homines in tantis rebus ut aut metuant aut contemnant aut oderint aut ament opinione non minus et fama quam aliqua ratione certa commoveri? quod igi …

Cicero, De Officiis 1.97: … mus, cum id, quod quaque persona dignum est, et fit et dicitur; ut, si Aeacus aut Minos diceret: óderint, dum métuant, aut: natís sepulchre ipse ést parens, indecorum videretur, quod eos fuisse iustos accepimus; at Atreo dicent …

All forms of metuo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.