metui

metui is a Latin form of metus, meaning “fear”. It is the dative singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of metuo, “fear, be afraid (of)”.

Found 38 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 5: … unum ab omnibus sociis et civibus ad id bellum imperatorem deposci atque expeti, eundem hunc unum ab hostibus metui, praeterea neminem.

Seneca the Younger, Agamemnon 73: Metui cupiunt metuique timent,

All forms of metus (declension 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.