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praemĕtŭens, entis, Part. and P. a., from praemetuo.
prae-mĕtŭo, 3, v. n. and a.
- I. Neutr., to fear or be in fear beforehand (very rare): mens, Lucr. 3, 1019: Caesar praemetuens suis, fearing for, anxious about his men, * Caes. B. G. 7, 49, 1.
- II. Act., to fear something beforehand: poenas Danaum et deserti conjugis iras, * Verg. A. 2, 573: dum praemetuit cultus inolescere Christi, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 681.
Hence, praemĕtŭ-ens, entis, P. a., fearing beforehand; with gen. obj.: ovis praemetuens doli, Phaedr. 1, 16, 4.
* Adv.: praemĕtŭenter, anxiously, solicitously: errorem vitare, Lucr. 4, 823.