timeo

Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to choke," related to Vedic Sanskrit तम् (tam, “to choke”) and Sanskrit तम् (tam, “breathless, difficulty breathing”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.me.oː/, [ˈtɪ.me.oː]
Audio (Classical) (file)

Verb

timeō (present infinitive timēre, perfect active timuī); second conjugation, no passive

I fear, am afraid
- c. 50 BCE, 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 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.48
  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.
- Thomas Aquinas
  Timeo hominem unius libri.

Usage notes

The verb timeō is a Latin verb of fearing.

Inflection

Conjugation of timeo (second conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	timeō	timēs	timet	timēmus	timētis	timent
	imperfect	timēbam	timēbās	timēbat	timēbāmus	timēbātis	timēbant
	future	timēbō	timēbis	timēbit	timēbimus	timēbitis	timēbunt
	perfect	timuī	timuistī	timuit	timuimus	timuistis	timuērunt, timuēre
	pluperfect	timueram	timuerās	timuerat	timuerāmus	timuerātis	timuerant
	future perfect	timuerō	timueris	timuerit	timuerimus	timueritis	timuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		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
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	timē	—	—	timēte	—
active	future	—	timētō	timētō	—	timētōte	timentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		timēre	timuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		timēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		timēre	timendī	timendō	timendum	—	—

Synonyms

(fear): vereor

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Asturian: temer
Catalan: témer, tembre
Corsican: teme
Friulian: temê
Esperanto: timi
Italian: temere
Occitan: témer

Portuguese: temer
Romanian: teme, temere
Romansch: temair, temer
Sardinian: timere, timi
Spanish: temer
Venetian: temer

References

timeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
timeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
timeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

↑ American Psychological Association - Psychological Monographs

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