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|lshtext=<b>mĕtus</b>: ūs, m. (<br /><b>I</b> fem.: nulla in me est [[metus]], Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.: [[metus]] ulla, id. ap. Non. 214, 11; cf. Ann. v. 537, and Trag. v. 179 Vahl.; dat. metu, Tac. A. 11, 32; 15, 69), [[fear]], [[dread]], [[apprehension]], [[anxiety]]; constr. [[with]] gen. [[object]]., [[with]] ne, [[with]] acc. and inf.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: est [[metus]] futurae aegritudinis sollicita [[exspectatio]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 52; cf. id. ib. 4, 30, 64: metum excitari vel propriis vel communibus periculis, Mart. Cap. 5, § 505: in metu esse, to be in [[fear]], be [[fearful]], Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18: est et in metu peregrinantium, ut, etc., [[they]] are also [[afraid]], Plin. 31, 6, 37, § 71: mihi [[etiam]] unum de malis in metu est, fratris miseri [[negotium]], a [[subject]] of [[fear]], Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3: metum habere, to [[entertain]] [[fear]], be [[afraid]], id. Fam. 8, 10, 1: metum concipere, to [[become]] [[afraid]], Ov. F. 1, 485: capere, Liv. 33, 27: accipere, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 96: metum facere alicui, to [[make]] [[afraid]], [[put]] in [[fear]], [[frighten]], Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 28: metum inicere, Caes. B. G. 4, 19: incutere, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2: inferre, Liv. 26, 20: affere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 135: offerre, id. Fam. 15, 1, 5: obicere, id. Tusc. 2, 4, 10: intentare, Tac. A. 15, 54: metu territare, to [[alarm]] [[greatly]], [[fill]] [[with]] [[fear]], Caes. B. G. 5, 6: metum pati, Quint. 6, 2, 21: alicui adimere, to [[take]] [[away]], [[remove]], Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 100: metu exonerare, to [[relieve]] from [[fear]], Liv. 2, 2: removere metum, to [[take]] [[away]], [[remove]], id. ib.: levare alicui, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 59: alicui deicere, id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 130: solvere, to [[remove]], [[dismiss]], Verg. A. 1, 463: civitati metum, formidinem oblivionem inicere, Ser. Samm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 9, 7: metu et impressione alicujus terroris mentiri, Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 4: metu mortis furem occidere, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 7, 3, 3: [[quis]] [[metus]] aut [[pudor]] est [[umquam]] properantis avari? Juv. 14, 178: reddere metu, non moribus, id. 13, 204.— Poet. in <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, Hor. C. 1, 26, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen. [[object]].: vulnerum [[metus]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 59: ne reliquos populares [[metus]] invaderet parendi sibi, Sall. J. 35, 9: id [[bellum]] excitabat [[metus]] Pompei victoris Hiempsalem in [[regnum]] restituentis, Sall. H. 1, 39; v. Gell. 9, 2, 14; Non. p. 96: [[propter]] metum alicujus, for [[fear]] of: Judaeorum, Vulg. Johan. 7, 13; 19, 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ne: [[quod]] ubi Romam est nuntiatum, senatui metum injecit, ne, etc., Liv. 5, 7, 4: ne lassescat [[fortuna]], [[metus]] est, Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 130.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and inf.: [[quantus]] [[metus]] est mihi, venire huc salvum [[nunc]] patruum! Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 18.—（ε) With ab: [[metus]] a praetore Romano, Liv. 2, 24, 3; 23, 15, 7; 25, 33, 5; cf.: [[metus]] poenae a Romanis, id. 32, 23, 9; 45, 26, 7.—（ζ) With pro: [[metus]] pro universā republicā, Liv. 2, 24, 4.—（η) With ex: [[metus]] ex imperatore, Tac. A. 11, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Poet., [[religious]] [[awe]], [[holy]] [[dread]]: [[laurus]] Sacra comam multosque metu servata per annos, Verg. A. 7, 60.—Poetic [[awe]]: [[evoe]]! recenti [[mens]] trepidat metu, Hor. C. 2, 19, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Conor., a [[cause]] of [[fear]], a [[terror]] ([[poet]].): [[metus]] Libyci, i. e. the [[head]] of [[Medusa]], Stat. Th. 12, 606: nulli nocte [[metus]], alarms, Juv. 3, 198.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Personified: Mĕtus, the [[god]] of [[fear]] or [[terror]], Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Verg. G. 3, 552; id. A. 6, 276.