langueo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-, *(s)leh₁g- (“to weaken”). Cognate with English slack.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlan.ɡʷe.oː/, [ˈɫ̪äŋɡʷeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlan.ɡwe.o/, [ˈläŋɡweo]

Verb

langueō (present infinitive languēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. I am faint, weak.

   Synonyms: languēscō, ēlanguēscō, senēscō

   Antonym: valeō

2. (figuratively) I am inactive, listless, idle.

   Synonyms: dēsideō, iaceo, resideō, cessō, sileō, conquiēscō

Conjugation

• No perfect or supine forms.

Conjugation of langueō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	langueō	languēs	languet	languēmus	languētis	languent
	imperfect	languēbam	languēbās	languēbat	languēbāmus	languēbātis	languēbant
	future	languēbō	languēbis	languēbit	languēbimus	languēbitis	languēbunt
passive	present	langueor	languēris, languēre	languētur	languēmur	languēminī	languentur
	imperfect	languēbar	languēbāris, languēbāre	languēbātur	languēbāmur	languēbāminī	languēbantur
	future	languēbor	languēberis, languēbere	languēbitur	languēbimur	languēbiminī	languēbuntur
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, langueāre	langueātur	langueāmur	langueāminī	langueantur
	imperfect	languērer	languērēris, languērēre	languērētur	languērēmur	languērēminī	languērentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	languē	—	—	languēte	—
	future	—	languētō	languētō	—	languētōte	languentō
passive	present	—	languēre	—	—	languēminī	—
	future	—	languētor	languētor	—	—	languentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		languēre	—	—	languērī	—	—
participles		languēns	—	—	—	—	languendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		languendī	languendō	languendum	languendō	—	—

Derived terms

• languefaciō
• languēns
• languēscō

• languidus
• languificus
• languor

Related terms

• languidē
• languidulus

Descendants

• Albanian: lëngoj
• French: languir
• English: languish
• Italian: languire
• Portuguese: languescer
• Spanish: languidecer

References

• “langueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “langueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• langueo 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 grow slack with inactivity, stagnate: (in) otio languere et hebescere
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN