haereo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *haizēō; further origin is uncertain, but conjectured to be from Proto-Indo-European *gʰays- (“to adhere, to stick, to be fixed to”) (Pokorny lexicon p. 410).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhae̯.re.oː/, [ˈhäe̯reoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re.o/, [ˈɛːreo]

Verb

haereō (present infinitive haerēre, perfect active haesī, supine haesum); second conjugation, no passive

1. I stick, cling, cleave, adhere.
2. I keep close (to), attach myself (to), follow; pursue.
3. I remain fixed, abide, keep at, continue, persist.
4. I am brought to a standstill, I am suspended
5. I am stuck in a situation; I am at a loss; I am embarrassed; hesitate.

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Conjugation of haereō (second conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	haereō	haerēs	haeret	haerēmus	haerētis	haerent
	imperfect	haerēbam	haerēbās	haerēbat	haerēbāmus	haerēbātis	haerēbant
	future	haerēbō	haerēbis	haerēbit	haerēbimus	haerēbitis	haerēbunt
	perfect	haesī	haesistī	haesit	haesimus	haesistis	haesērunt, haesēre
	pluperfect	haeseram	haeserās	haeserat	haeserāmus	haeserātis	haeserant
	future perfect	haeserō	haeseris	haeserit	haeserimus	haeseritis	haeserint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	haeream	haereās	haereat	haereāmus	haereātis	haereant
	imperfect	haerērem	haerērēs	haerēret	haerērēmus	haerērētis	haerērent
	perfect	haeserim	haeserīs	haeserit	haeserīmus	haeserītis	haeserint
	pluperfect	haesissem	haesissēs	haesisset	haesissēmus	haesissētis	haesissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	haerē	—	—	haerēte	—
	future	—	haerētō	haerētō	—	haerētōte	haerentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		haerēre	haesisse	haesūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		haerēns	—	haesūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		haerendī	haerendō	haerendum	haerendō	haesum	haesū

Derived terms

• adhaereō
• cohaereō
• haerēscō
• haesitō

• inhaereō
• obhaereō
• subhaereō

Related terms

• haesitābundus
• haesitantia
• haesitātiō
• haesitātor

Descendants

• Spanish: herer

References

• “haereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “haereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• haereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to sit a horse well; to have a good seat: (in) equo haerere
    
  • nothing will ever make me forgetful of him: semper memoria eius in (omnium) mentibus haerebit
    
  • a thing is deeply impressed on the mind: aliquid in animo haeret, penitus insedit or infixum est
    
  • to stop short, hesitate: haerere, haesitare (Catil. 2. 6. 13)
    
  • grief has struck deep into his soul: dolor infixus animo haeret (Phil. 2. 26)
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278