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
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwe.re.or/, [ˈwɛ.re.ɔr]

Verb

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

  1. I have respect for, revere, stand in awe.
  2. I am afraid, fear; dread.

Inflection
   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 veritus esse veritūrus esse — — —
participles verēns veritus veritūrus — — verendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
verērī verendī verendō verendum veritum veritū

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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
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