maereo

Latin

Alternative forms

• moereō

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mēwdʰ- (“to complain, be emotional about”), the same root of Latin miser and Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos). Compare with misereō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmae̯.re.oː/, [ˈmäe̯reoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.re.o/, [ˈmɛːreo]

Verb

maereō (present infinitive maerēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. (intransitive) I am sad or mournful; mourn, grieve, lament.
2. (transitive) I mourn or lament over, bewail, bemoan.

Conjugation

Conjugation of maereō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	maereō	maerēs	maeret	maerēmus	maerētis	maerent
	imperfect	maerēbam	maerēbās	maerēbat	maerēbāmus	maerēbātis	maerēbant
	future	maerēbō	maerēbis	maerēbit	maerēbimus	maerēbitis	maerēbunt
passive	present	maereor	maerēris, maerēre	maerētur	maerēmur	maerēminī	maerentur
	imperfect	maerēbar	maerēbāris, maerēbāre	maerēbātur	maerēbāmur	maerēbāminī	maerēbantur
	future	maerēbor	maerēberis, maerēbere	maerēbitur	maerēbimur	maerēbiminī	maerēbuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	maeream	maereās	maereat	maereāmus	maereātis	maereant
	imperfect	maerērem	maerērēs	maerēret	maerērēmus	maerērētis	maerērent
passive	present	maerear	maereāris, maereāre	maereātur	maereāmur	maereāminī	maereantur
	imperfect	maerērer	maerērēris, maerērēre	maerērētur	maerērēmur	maerērēminī	maerērentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	maerē	—	—	maerēte	—
	future	—	maerētō	maerētō	—	maerētōte	maerentō
passive	present	—	maerēre	—	—	maerēminī	—
	future	—	maerētor	maerētor	—	—	maerentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		maerēre	—	—	maerērī	—	—
participles		maerēns	—	—	—	—	maerendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		maerendī	maerendō	maerendum	maerendō	—	—

Derived terms

• maerēns
• maeror
• maestus

References

• “maereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.