lamento

See also: lamentó and lamentò

Catalan

Verb

lamento

1. first-person singular present indicative of lamentar

French

Noun

lamento m (plural lamentos)

1. lament; lamentation

Further reading

• “lamento”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈmento/

Noun

lamento (plural lamenti)

1. lamentation

Derived terms

• Lamenti (“Lamentations”)

Related terms

• lamentar (“to lament”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: la‧mén‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin lāmentum.

Noun

lamento m (plural lamenti)

1. moan, groan
2. lament

Related terms

• lamentare

Etymology 2

Verb

lamento

1. first-person singular present indicative of lamentare

Further reading

• lamento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Montale, malnote, molante

Latin

Etymology

From Latin lāmentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laːˈmen.toː/, [ɫ̪äːˈmɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈmen.to/, [läˈmɛn̪t̪o]

Verb

lāmentō (present infinitive lāmentāre, perfect active lāmentāvī, supine lāmentātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to lament, bewail

Conjugation

Conjugation of lāmentō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lāmentō	lāmentās	lāmentat	lāmentāmus	lāmentātis	lāmentant
	imperfect	lāmentābam	lāmentābās	lāmentābat	lāmentābāmus	lāmentābātis	lāmentābant
	future	lāmentābō	lāmentābis	lāmentābit	lāmentābimus	lāmentābitis	lāmentābunt
	perfect	lāmentāvī	lāmentāvistī	lāmentāvit	lāmentāvimus	lāmentāvistis	lāmentāvērunt, lāmentāvēre
	pluperfect	lāmentāveram	lāmentāverās	lāmentāverat	lāmentāverāmus	lāmentāverātis	lāmentāverant
	future perfect	lāmentāverō	lāmentāveris	lāmentāverit	lāmentāverimus	lāmentāveritis	lāmentāverint
passive	present	lāmentor	lāmentāris, lāmentāre	lāmentātur	lāmentāmur	lāmentāminī	lāmentantur
	imperfect	lāmentābar	lāmentābāris, lāmentābāre	lāmentābātur	lāmentābāmur	lāmentābāminī	lāmentābantur
	future	lāmentābor	lāmentāberis, lāmentābere	lāmentābitur	lāmentābimur	lāmentābiminī	lāmentābuntur
	perfect	lāmentātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lāmentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lāmentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lāmentem	lāmentēs	lāmentet	lāmentēmus	lāmentētis	lāmentent
	imperfect	lāmentārem	lāmentārēs	lāmentāret	lāmentārēmus	lāmentārētis	lāmentārent
	perfect	lāmentāverim	lāmentāverīs	lāmentāverit	lāmentāverīmus	lāmentāverītis	lāmentāverint
	pluperfect	lāmentāvissem	lāmentāvissēs	lāmentāvisset	lāmentāvissēmus	lāmentāvissētis	lāmentāvissent
passive	present	lāmenter	lāmentēris, lāmentēre	lāmentētur	lāmentēmur	lāmentēminī	lāmententur
	imperfect	lāmentārer	lāmentārēris, lāmentārēre	lāmentārētur	lāmentārēmur	lāmentārēminī	lāmentārentur
	perfect	lāmentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lāmentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lāmentā	—	—	lāmentāte	—
	future	—	lāmentātō	lāmentātō	—	lāmentātōte	lāmentantō
passive	present	—	lāmentāre	—	—	lāmentāminī	—
	future	—	lāmentātor	lāmentātor	—	—	lāmentantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lāmentāre	lāmentāvisse	lāmentātūrum esse	lāmentārī	lāmentātum esse	lāmentātum īrī
participles		lāmentāns	—	lāmentātūrus	—	lāmentātus	lāmentandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lāmentandī	lāmentandō	lāmentandum	lāmentandō	lāmentātum	lāmentātū

Related terms

• lāmentor

Descendants

• Catalan: lamentar
• English: lament
• French: lamenter
• Galician: lamentar
• Italian: lamentare
• Occitan: lamentar
• Portuguese: lamentar
• Romanian: lamenta
• Spanish: lamentar

References

• “lamento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lamento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈmẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: la‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lāmentum.

Noun

lamento m (plural lamentos)

1. wailing, moaning, weeping
2. lamentation, lament
3. complaint

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lamento

1. first-person singular present indicative of lamentar

Further reading

• “lamento” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈmento/ [laˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: la‧men‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin lāmentum.

Noun

lamento m (plural lamentos)

1. lament
2. plaint
3. wail, wailing

   Synonym: gemido

Related terms

• lamentar (see for more terms)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lamento

1. first-person singular present indicative of lamentar

Further reading

• “lamento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014