gaudeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *geh₂widéh₁yeti, from *geh₂u- (“to rejoice”). Cognate with gaudium, Gāius, Ancient Greek γηθέω (gēthéō), γαίω (gaíō), γάνῡμαι (gánūmai), γαῦρος (gaûros), γάνος (gános), Middle Irish guaire (“noble”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡau̯.de.oː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡau̯.de.o/

Verb

gaudeō (present infinitive gaudēre, perfect active gāvīsus sum); second conjugation, semi-deponent

1. I rejoice.

   Gaudeamus igitur, iuvenes dum sumus.

   Let us therefore rejoice, while we are still young.

   (from the song De Brevitate Vitae).

2. I take pleasure in.

Inflection

Conjugation of gaudeo (second conjugation, semi-deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gaudeō	gaudēs	gaudet	gaudēmus	gaudētis	gaudent
	imperfect	gaudēbam	gaudēbās	gaudēbat	gaudēbāmus	gaudēbātis	gaudēbant
	future	gaudēbō	gaudēbis	gaudēbit	gaudēbimus	gaudēbitis	gaudēbunt
	perfect	gāvīsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	gāvīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	gāvīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gaudeam	gaudeās	gaudeat	gaudeāmus	gaudeātis	gaudeant
	imperfect	gaudērem	gaudērēs	gaudēret	gaudērēmus	gaudērētis	gaudērent
	perfect	gāvīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	gāvīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	gaudē	—	—	gaudēte	—
	future	—	gaudētō	gaudētō	—	gaudētōte	gaudentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		gaudēre	gāvīsus esse	gāvīsūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		gaudēns	gāvīsus	gāvīsūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		gaudēre	gaudendī	gaudendō	gaudendum	gāvīsum	gāvīsū

Derived terms

Terms derived from gaudeo

• aggaudeō
• congaudeō
• gaudebundus

• gaudēns
• gaudibundus
• gāvīsus

• pergaudeō
• praegaudeō
• supergaudeō

Related terms

• gaudiālis
• gaudimōnium
• gaudivigēns

Descendants

• Catalan: gaudir
• Corsican: goda
• Dalmatian: gaudar
• English: enjoy, rejoice
• French: jouir, gaudir
• Friulian: gjoldi
• Istriot: guodi
• Italian: godere, gioire

• Ladin: goder
• Megleno-Romanian: găudi
• Norman: joui (Jersey)
• Occitan: gaudir, gausir
• Romansch: giudair, guder, giuder, galdeir, giodair
• Sardinian: godire, gudire, bodire, gosae, gosai, gosare
• Sicilian: gòdiri, còliri
• Venetian: goder, godar

References

• gaudeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gaudeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “gaudeo” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to rejoice in secret: in sinu gaudere (Tusc. 3. 21. 51)