vereor

Latin

Etymology

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

Verb

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

   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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present verērī — verēns —
future veritūrum esse — veritūrus verendus
perfect veritum esse — veritus —
future perfect veritum fore — — —
perfect potential veritūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
verendī verendō verendum verendō veritum veritū

Derived terms

References

  • “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), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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