fleo

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Italian

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Etymology

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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek φλέως (phléōs, wool-tufted reed).

Noun

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fleo m (plural flei)

  1. timothy, catstail

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *flēō, from earlier *flējō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fleō (present infinitive flēre, perfect active flēvī, supine flētum); second conjugation

  1. (intransitive) to weep, cry
    Antonyms: rīdeō, subrīdeō
    • Horatius, Ars Poetica
      Sī vīs mē flēre, dolendum est prīmum ipsī tibi.
      If you wish me to cry, you yourself must first be grieved.
  2. (transitive) to lament, bewail, grieve for
    Synonyms: dēplōrō, ingemō, lūgeō, gemō, queror, conqueror, plōrō, plangō

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of fleō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fleō flēs flet flēmus flētis flent
imperfect flēbam flēbās flēbat flēbāmus flēbātis flēbant
future flēbō flēbis flēbit flēbimus flēbitis flēbunt
perfect flēvī flēvistī,
flēstī1
flēvit,
flēt1
flēvimus,
flēmus1
flēvistis,
flēstis1
flēvērunt,
flēvēre,
flērunt1
pluperfect flēveram,
flēram1
flēverās,
flērās1
flēverat,
flērat1
flēverāmus,
flērāmus1
flēverātis,
flērātis1
flēverant,
flērant1
future perfect flēverō,
flērō1
flēveris,
flēris1
flēverit,
flērit1
flēverimus,
flērimus1
flēveritis,
flēritis1
flēverint,
flērint1
passive present fleor flēris,
flēre
flētur flēmur flēminī flentur
imperfect flēbar flēbāris,
flēbāre
flēbātur flēbāmur flēbāminī flēbantur
future flēbor flēberis,
flēbere
flēbitur flēbimur flēbiminī flēbuntur
perfect flētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect flētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect flētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fleam fleās fleat fleāmus fleātis fleant
imperfect flērem flērēs flēret flērēmus flērētis flērent
perfect flēverim,
flērim1
flēverīs,
flērīs1
flēverit,
flērit1
flēverīmus,
flērīmus1
flēverītis,
flērītis1
flēverint,
flērint1
pluperfect flēvissem,
flēssem1
flēvissēs,
flēssēs1
flēvisset,
flēsset1
flēvissēmus,
flēssēmus1
flēvissētis,
flēssētis1
flēvissent,
flēssent1
passive present flear fleāris,
fleāre
fleātur fleāmur fleāminī fleantur
imperfect flērer flērēris,
flērēre
flērētur flērēmur flērēminī flērentur
perfect flētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect flētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present flē flēte
future flētō flētō flētōte flentō
passive present flēre flēminī
future flētor flētor flentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives flēre flēvisse,
flēsse1
flētūrum esse flērī flētum esse flētum īrī
participles flēns flētūrus flētus flendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
flendī flendō flendum flendō flētum flētū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

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References

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  • fleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: fletum cohibere non posse
    • (ambiguous) to move to tears: lacrimas or fletum alicui movere

Middle English

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Noun

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fleo

  1. Alternative form of flo

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *fleg-, related to Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Old Saxon flī (white spot).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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flēo n

  1. a white spot in the eye

Usage notes

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  • The neuter forms are indeclineable.

Declension

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Synonyms

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  • flēa m (white spot in the eye)