felio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.li.oː/, [ˈfeːlʲioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.li.o/, [ˈfɛːlio]

Verb

fēliō (present infinitive fēlīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. I snarl like a panther.
   • 43 BCE—18, Ovid (attributed), Carmen de Philomela, 50:

     Tigrides indomitae raccant, rugiuntque leones; Panther caurit amans; pardus hiando felit.

     Untamed tigers make a hoarse sound, and lions roar; the rutting female panther caterwauls; the male panther, for uttering, snarls.

2. I meow like a cat.
   • 2007, John C. Traupman, Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency, p. 287:

     feles feliunt

     cats meow

Conjugation

Conjugation of fēliō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fēliō	fēlīs	fēlit	fēlīmus	fēlītis	fēliunt
	imperfect	fēliēbam	fēliēbās	fēliēbat	fēliēbāmus	fēliēbātis	fēliēbant
	future	fēliam	fēliēs	fēliet	fēliēmus	fēliētis	fēlient
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fēliam	fēliās	fēliat	fēliāmus	fēliātis	fēliant
	imperfect	fēlīrem	fēlīrēs	fēlīret	fēlīrēmus	fēlīrētis	fēlīrent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fēlī	—	—	fēlīte	—
	future	—	fēlītō	fēlītō	—	fēlītōte	fēliuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fēlīre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		fēliēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fēliendī	fēliendō	fēliendum	fēliendō	—	—

Related terms

• fēlēs

References

“felio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press felio in John C. Traupman, Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2007