iaceo

Latin

Alternative forms

• jaceō (chiefly New Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈja.ke.oː/

Verb

present active iaceō, present infinitive iacēre, perfect active iacuī, supine iacitum.

1. I lie prostrate, lie down; recline.

   Cur in terra iaces? — “Why are you lying on the ground?”

2. I am sick, lie ill.
3. I linger, stop, tarry, remain.
4. I am placed or situated, lie.
5. I am low, flat or level.
6. I lie still.
7. I have fallen, lie dead.
8. I lie in ruins.
9. I hang down loose.
10. (of the face or eyes) I am fixed on the ground or cast down.
11. I am indolent, idle or inactive.
12. I am of no avail, lie dormant or abandoned.
13. I lie overthrown; I am refuted, fail; I am despised.
14. (of speech or language) I am languid, dull or lifeless.

Inflection

    Second Conjugation No Passive

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	iaceō	iacēs	iacet	iacēmus	iacētis	iacent
	future	iacēbō	iacēbis	iacēbit	iacēbimus	iacēbitis	iacēbunt
	imperfect	iacēbam	iacēbās	iacēbat	iacēbāmus	iacēbātis	iacēbant
	perfect	iacuī	iacuistī	iacuit	iacuimus	iacuistis	iacuērunt
	future perfect	iacuerō	iacueris	iacuerit	iacuerimus	iacueritis	iacuerint
	pluperfect	iacueram	iacuerās	iacuerat	iacuerāmus	iacuerātis	iacuerant
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	iaceam	iaceās	iaceat	iaceāmus	iaceātis	iaceant
	imperfect	iacērem	iacērēs	iacēret	iacērēmus	iacērētis	iacērent
	perfect	iacuerim	iacuerīs	iacuerit	iacuerīmus	iacuerītis	iacuerint
	pluperfect	iacuissem	iacuissēs	iacuisset	iacuissēmus	iacuissētis	iacuissent
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	iacē	iacētō	iacētō	—	—	—
	plural	iacēte	iacētōte	iacentō	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		iacēre	iacuisse	iacitūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		iacēns (iacentis)	—	iacitūrus-ra, -rum	—	—	—

Derived terms

adiaceō circumiaceō interiaceō obiaceō

praeiaceō subiaceō subteriaceō superiaceō

Descendants

Aromanian: dzac, dzãtseare Catalan: jaure, jeure French: gésir Friulian: jessi Italian: giacere Occitan: jàser, jaire, jaguer

Old Provençal: jazer Portuguese: jazer Romanian: zăcea Romansch: giaschair, scher Sardinian: giachire Spanish: yacer

References

• iaceo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879