complaceo

Latin

Alternative forms

• conplaceō

Etymology

From con- +‎ placeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈpla.ke.oː/, [kɔmˈpɫ̪äkeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpla.t͡ʃe.o/, [komˈpläːt͡ʃeo]

Verb

complaceō (present infinitive complacēre, perfect active complacuī or complacitus sum, supine complacitum); second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent, no imperative

1. to please or take the fancy of

Conjugation

Conjugation of complaceō (second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent, no imperatives)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	complaceō	complacēs	complacet	complacēmus	complacētis	complacent
	imperfect	complacēbam	complacēbās	complacēbat	complacēbāmus	complacēbātis	complacēbant
	future	complacēbō	complacēbis	complacēbit	complacēbimus	complacēbitis	complacēbunt
	perfect	complacuī, complacitus sum	complacuistī, complacitus es	complacuit, complacitus est	complacuimus, complacitī sumus	complacuistis, complacitī estis	complacuērunt, complacuēre, complacitī sunt
	pluperfect	complacueram, complacitus eram	complacuerās, complacitus erās	complacuerat, complacitus erat	complacuerāmus, complacitī erāmus	complacuerātis, complacitī erātis	complacuerant, complacitī erant
	future perfect	complacuerō, complacitus erō	complacueris, complacitus eris	complacuerit, complacitus erit	complacuerimus, complacitī erimus	complacueritis, complacitī eritis	complacuerint, complacitī erint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	complaceam	complaceās	complaceat	complaceāmus	complaceātis	complaceant
	imperfect	complacērem	complacērēs	complacēret	complacērēmus	complacērētis	complacērent
	perfect	complacuerim, complacitus sim	complacuerīs, complacitus sīs	complacuerit, complacitus sit	complacuerīmus, complacitī sīmus	complacuerītis, complacitī sītis	complacuerint, complacitī sint
	pluperfect	complacuissem, complacitus essem	complacuissēs, complacitus essēs	complacuisset, complacitus esset	complacuissēmus, complacitī essēmus	complacuissētis, complacitī essētis	complacuissent, complacitī essent
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		complacēre	complacitum esse	complacitūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		complacēns	complacitus	complacitūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		complacendī	complacendō	complacendum	complacendō	complacitum	complacitū

Derived terms

• complacens

Descendants

• Catalan: complaure
• English: complease
• French: complaire
• Galician: compracer
• Italian: compiacere
• Portuguese: comprazer
• Romanian: complăcea
• Spanish: complacer

References

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