defleo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ fleō (“weep”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeː.fɫe.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.fle.o]

Verb

dēfleō (present infinitive dēflēre, perfect active dēflēvī, supine dēflētum); second conjugation

1. (transitive) to weep over, cry for, lament, deplore
   • Lucanus, Pharsalia, Book VIII, Line 85

     quod defles, illud amasti

     what you cry for, that you have loved

2. (transitive) to dull with weeping
3. (rare, intransitive) to weep abundantly or violently, weep to exhaustion

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēfleō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēfleō		dēflēs		dēflet		dēflēmus		dēflētis		dēflent
	imperfect	dēflēbam		dēflēbās		dēflēbat		dēflēbāmus		dēflēbātis		dēflēbant
	future	dēflēbō		dēflēbis		dēflēbit		dēflēbimus		dēflēbitis		dēflēbunt
	perfect	dēflēvī		dēflēvistī		dēflēvit		dēflēvimus		dēflēvistis		dēflēvērunt, dēflēvēre
	pluperfect	dēflēveram		dēflēverās		dēflēverat		dēflēverāmus		dēflēverātis		dēflēverant
	future perfect	dēflēverō		dēflēveris		dēflēverit		dēflēverimus		dēflēveritis		dēflēverint
passive	present	dēfleor		dēflēris, dēflēre		dēflētur		dēflēmur		dēflēminī		dēflentur
	imperfect	dēflēbar		dēflēbāris, dēflēbāre		dēflēbātur		dēflēbāmur		dēflēbāminī		dēflēbantur
	future	dēflēbor		dēflēberis, dēflēbere		dēflēbitur		dēflēbimur		dēflēbiminī		dēflēbuntur
	perfect	dēflētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēflētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēflētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēfleam		dēfleās		dēfleat		dēfleāmus		dēfleātis		dēfleant
	imperfect	dēflērem		dēflērēs		dēflēret		dēflērēmus		dēflērētis		dēflērent
	perfect	dēflēverim		dēflēverīs		dēflēverit		dēflēverīmus		dēflēverītis		dēflēverint
	pluperfect	dēflēvissem		dēflēvissēs		dēflēvisset		dēflēvissēmus		dēflēvissētis		dēflēvissent
passive	present	dēflear		dēfleāris, dēfleāre		dēfleātur		dēfleāmur		dēfleāminī		dēfleantur
	imperfect	dēflērer		dēflērēris, dēflērēre		dēflērētur		dēflērēmur		dēflērēminī		dēflērentur
	perfect	dēflētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēflētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēflē		—		—		dēflēte		—
	future	—		dēflētō		dēflētō		—		dēflētōte		dēflentō
passive	present	—		dēflēre		—		—		dēflēminī		—
	future	—		dēflētor		dēflētor		—		—		dēflentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēflēre			dēflērī			dēflēns			—
future		dēflētūrum esse			dēflētum īrī			dēflētūrus			dēflendus
perfect		dēflēvisse			dēflētum esse			—			dēflētus
future perfect		—			dēflētum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēflētūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēflendī		dēflendō		dēflendum		dēflendō		dēflētum		dēflētū

Derived terms

• dēflētiō

Related terms

• affleō
• diffleō
• effleō
• fleō

References

• “defleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “defleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “defleo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• defleo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016