timeo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈti.me.oː/

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Verb

present active timeō, present infinitive timēre, perfect active timuī. (defective)

1. I fear, am afraid.
   • Publilius Syrus, Sententiae

     Stultum est timere, quod vitare non potest.

     It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.

   • A phrase generally attributed to Thomas Aquinas.

     Hominem unius libri timeo.

     I fear a man of a single book.

   • 29-19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid, liber II, 48

     Equo ne credite, Teucri! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.

     Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Danaans even if they are bearing gifts.

Usage notes

• The verb timeō is a Latin verb of fearing.

Inflection

Second Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	timeō	timēs	timet	timēmus	timētis	timent
	future	timēbō	timēbis	timēbit	timēbimus	timēbitis	timēbunt
	imperfect	timēbam	timēbās	timēbat	timēbāmus	timēbātis	timēbant
	perfect	timuī	timuistī	timuit	timuimus	timuistis	timuērunt
	future perfect	timuerō	timueris	timuerit	timuerimus	timueritis	timuerint
	pluperfect	timueram	timuerās	timuerat	timuerāmus	timuerātis	timuerant
passive	present	timeor	timēris	timētur	timēmur	timēminī	timentur
	future	timēbor	timēberis	timēbitur	timēbimur	timēbiminī	timēbuntur
	imperfect	timēbar	timēbāris	timēbātur	timēbāmur	timēbāminī	timēbantur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	timeam	timeās	timeat	timeāmus	timeātis	timeant
	imperfect	timērem	timērēs	timēret	timērēmus	timērētis	timērent
	perfect	timuerim	timuerīs	timuerit	timuerīmus	timuerītis	timuerint
	pluperfect	timuissem	timuissēs	timuisset	timuissēmus	timuissētis	timuissent
passive	present	timear	timeāris	timeātur	timeāmur	timeāminī	timeantur
	imperfect	timērer	timērēris	timērētur	timērēmur	timērēminī	timērentur
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	timē	timētō	timētō	timēre	timētor	timētor
	plural	timēte	timētōte	timentō	timēminī	—	timentor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		timēre	timuisse	—	timērī	—	—
participles		timēns (timentis)	—	—	—	—	timendus-nda, -ndum

Synonyms

• (fear): vereor

Derived terms

Derived terms

pertimeō praetimeō subtimeō timefactus

timendus timēns timidus timor

Related terms

• timidē
• timiditās
• timidulē
• timōrātus

Descendants

Catalan: témer, tembre Friulian: temê Esperanto: timi Italian: temere Occitan: témer

Portuguese: temer Romanian: teme Romansch: temair Sardinian: tímere Spanish: temer