adhaereo

Latin

Alternative forms

• adhēreō

Etymology

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + haereō (“cleave, cling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈdae̯.re.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈdɛː.re.o]

Verb

adhaereō (present infinitive adhaerēre, perfect active adhaesī, supine adhaesum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to cleave or stick to
2. (figuratively) to cling to, adhere to
3. (figuratively) to be close to (a person or thing), be near to, hang on, keep close to
4. (figuratively) to trail, drag after; to be the last

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

   Conjugation of adhaereō (second conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	adhaereō		adhaerēs		adhaeret		adhaerēmus		adhaerētis		adhaerent
	imperfect	adhaerēbam		adhaerēbās		adhaerēbat		adhaerēbāmus		adhaerēbātis		adhaerēbant
	future	adhaerēbō		adhaerēbis		adhaerēbit		adhaerēbimus		adhaerēbitis		adhaerēbunt
	perfect	adhaesī		adhaesistī		adhaesit		adhaesimus		adhaesistis		adhaesērunt, adhaesēre
	pluperfect	adhaeseram		adhaeserās		adhaeserat		adhaeserāmus		adhaeserātis		adhaeserant
	future perfect	adhaeserō		adhaeseris		adhaeserit		adhaeserimus		adhaeseritis		adhaeserint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	adhaeream		adhaereās		adhaereat		adhaereāmus		adhaereātis		adhaereant
	imperfect	adhaerērem		adhaerērēs		adhaerēret		adhaerērēmus		adhaerērētis		adhaerērent
	perfect	adhaeserim		adhaeserīs		adhaeserit		adhaeserīmus		adhaeserītis		adhaeserint
	pluperfect	adhaesissem		adhaesissēs		adhaesisset		adhaesissēmus		adhaesissētis		adhaesissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		adhaerē		—		—		adhaerēte		—
	future	—		adhaerētō		adhaerētō		—		adhaerētōte		adhaerentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		adhaerēre			—			adhaerēns			—
future		adhaesūrum esse			—			adhaesūrus			—
perfect		adhaesisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		adhaesūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		adhaerendī		adhaerendō		adhaerendum		adhaerendō		adhaesum		adhaesū

Derived terms

• adhaerēns
• adhaerēscō
• adhaesē
• adhaesiō
• adhaesus

Related terms

• cohaereō
• haereō
• inhaereō

Descendants

• Catalan: adherir
• English: adhere
• → French: adhérer
• Galician: adherir
• Italian: aderire
• Old French: aerdre, aherdre
  • Middle French: aherdre, adherdre
    • French: aherdre (dialectal), ahers (dialectal, Burgundy)
  • Norman: aherdre (Pays de Bray, Pays de Caux)
  • Picard: aerde
• Portuguese: aderir
• Spanish: adherir

References

• “adhaereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adhaereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “adhaereo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.