vereor

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *werēōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to cover, heed, notice). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὁράω (horáō, see) < ϝοράω (woráō), and English aware [1] and wary.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vereor (present infinitive verērī, perfect active veritus sum); second conjugation, deponent

  1. to have respect for, revere, stand in awe
    Synonym: revereor
  2. to be afraid, fear; dread
    Synonyms: timeō, extimēscō, metuō, trepidō

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of vereor (second conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vereor verēris,
verēre
verētur verēmur verēminī verentur
imperfect verēbar verēbāris,
verēbāre
verēbātur verēbāmur verēbāminī verēbantur
future verēbor verēberis,
verēbere
verēbitur verēbimur verēbiminī verēbuntur
perfect veritus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect veritus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect veritus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present verear vereāris,
vereāre
vereātur vereāmur vereāminī vereantur
imperfect verērer verērēris,
verērēre
verērētur verērēmur verērēminī verērentur
perfect veritus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect veritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present verēre verēminī
future verētor verētor verentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives verērī veritum esse veritūrum esse
participles verēns veritus veritūrus verendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
verendī verendō verendum verendō veritum veritū

Derived terms

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References

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  • vereor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vereor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vereor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN