defleo
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.fle.oː/, [ˈd̪eːfɫ̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.fle.o/, [ˈd̪ɛːfleo]
Verb
dēfleō (present infinitive dēflēre, perfect active dēflēvī, supine dēflētum); second conjugation
- (transitive) I weep over, cry for, lament, deplore.
- (transitive) I dull with weeping.
- (rare, intransitive) I weep abundantly or violently, weep to exhaustion.
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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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016