inhaereo

Latin

Etymology

From in- + haereō (“cleave, cling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪˈnae̯.re.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iˈnɛː.re.o]

Verb

inhaereō (present infinitive inhaerēre, perfect active inhaesī, supine inhaesum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to stick or inhere in; stick, cleave, hang or adhere to; hold on to

   Synonym: haereo

2. (figuratively) to cling or adhere to, engage deeply or closely in; to be closely connected with

Conjugation

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

   Conjugation of inhaereō (second conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	inhaereō		inhaerēs		inhaeret		inhaerēmus		inhaerētis		inhaerent
	imperfect	inhaerēbam		inhaerēbās		inhaerēbat		inhaerēbāmus		inhaerēbātis		inhaerēbant
	future	inhaerēbō		inhaerēbis		inhaerēbit		inhaerēbimus		inhaerēbitis		inhaerēbunt
	perfect	inhaesī		inhaesistī		inhaesit		inhaesimus		inhaesistis		inhaesērunt, inhaesēre
	pluperfect	inhaeseram		inhaeserās		inhaeserat		inhaeserāmus		inhaeserātis		inhaeserant
	future perfect	inhaeserō		inhaeseris		inhaeserit		inhaeserimus		inhaeseritis		inhaeserint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	inhaeream		inhaereās		inhaereat		inhaereāmus		inhaereātis		inhaereant
	imperfect	inhaerērem		inhaerērēs		inhaerēret		inhaerērēmus		inhaerērētis		inhaerērent
	perfect	inhaeserim		inhaeserīs		inhaeserit		inhaeserīmus		inhaeserītis		inhaeserint
	pluperfect	inhaesissem		inhaesissēs		inhaesisset		inhaesissēmus		inhaesissētis		inhaesissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		inhaerē		—		—		inhaerēte		—
	future	—		inhaerētō		inhaerētō		—		inhaerētōte		inhaerentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		inhaerēre			—			inhaerēns			—
future		inhaesūrum esse			—			inhaesūrus			—
perfect		inhaesisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		inhaesūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		inhaerendī		inhaerendō		inhaerendum		inhaerendō		inhaesum		inhaesū

Derived terms

• inhaerēns
• inhaerēscō
• inhaesiō

Related terms

• adhaereō
• cohaereō
• haereō

Descendants

• → English: inhere
• → Italian: inerire
• → Portuguese: inerir
• → Spanish: inherir

References

• “inhaereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inhaereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “inhaereo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • he is in a suspicious mood: suspicio ei penitus inhaeret
    
  • to be on the heels of the enemy: tergis hostium inhaerere