langueo

Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root *sleg-.

Verb

langueō (present infinitive languēre, no perfect or supine forms)

1. I am faint, weak.
2. (figuratively) I am inactive, listless, idle.

Inflection

• No perfect or supine forms.

    Second Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	langueō	languēs	languet	languēmus	languētis	languent
	future	languēbō	languēbis	languēbit	languēbimus	languēbitis	languēbunt
	imperfect	languēbam	languēbās	languēbat	languēbāmus	languēbātis	languēbant
passive	present	langueor	languēris	languētur	languēmur	languēminī	languentur
	future	languēbor	languēberis	languēbitur	languēbimur	languēbiminī	languēbuntur
	imperfect	languēbar	languēbāris	languēbātur	languēbāmur	languēbāminī	languēbantur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	langueam	langueās	langueat	langueāmus	langueātis	langueant
	imperfect	languērem	languērēs	languēret	languērēmus	languērētis	languērent
passive	present	languear	langueāris	langueātur	langueāmur	langueāminī	langueantur
	imperfect	languērer	languērēris	languērētur	languērēmur	languērēminī	languērentur
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	languē	languētō	languētō	languēre	languētor	languētor
	plural	languēte	languētōte	languentō	languēminī	—	languentor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		languēre			languērī
participles		languēns (languentis)					languendus -nda, -ndum

Derived terms

languefaciō languēns languēscō

languidus languificus languor

Related terms

• languidē
• languidulus

Descendants

• Albanian: lëngoj
• French: languir
• Italian: languire
• Portuguese: languir

References

• langueo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• languish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911