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placeo

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Latin

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Etymology

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    See the related plācō (“to appease, placate”).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    placeō (present infinitive placēre, perfect active placuī or placitus sum, supine placitum); second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent

    1. (with dative) to be pleasing or agreeable to; to please, to be nice; to be welcome or acceptable; to satisfy, suit (in a mental rather than a sensual way)
      Synonyms: gaudeō, ovō, exhilarō, grātulor, congrātulor, fruor
      Antonym: displiceō
      sibi placēre ― to be pleased with oneself, to act proud
      placet mihi ― I find this fine/nice
      sī dīs placet ― gods willing (literally, “if it pleases the gods”)
      placēns uxor ― dear wife
      hostia placens Deō ― a sacrifice that pleases God
      vidē sī satis placet ― see if this suits
      ita nōbīs placitum est, ut […] ― I thought it fitting to […]
      senātuī placet ― the Senate decrees
    2. of an accomplishment, e.g. writing, acting, artistry, etc: to please, to win applause, to earn approval or other favorable response
      • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 1–3:
        Poēta cum prīmum animum ad scrībendum appulit, / id sibi negōtī crēdidit sōlum darī: / populō ut placērent quās fēcisset fābulās.
        When the poet first applied his mind to writing, he believed that this one task was given to him: that the plays which he had written should be pleasing to the public.
    3. (with dative) to like (the dative should be translated as the subject in English)
    4. to resolve, will, order, determine
      Synonyms: statuō, cernō, dēcernō, parō, cōnstituō

    Usage notes

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    Designates pleasure in something that one finds agreeable, fitting, while libet refers to a pursuit of something desirable or pleasurable.

    Contrasts with dēlectō (“to please the senses, delight, entertain”).

    Conjugation

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       Conjugation of placeō (second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present placeō placēs placet placēmus placētis placent
    imperfect placēbam placēbās placēbat placēbāmus placēbātis placēbant
    future placēbō placēbis placēbit placēbimus placēbitis placēbunt
    perfect placuī,
    placitus sum     		placuistī,
    placitus es     		placuit,
    placitus est     		placuimus,
    placitī sumus     		placuistis,
    placitī estis     		placuērunt,
    placuēre,
    placitī sunt
    pluperfect placueram,
    placitus eram     		placuerās,
    placitus erās     		placuerat,
    placitus erat     		placuerāmus,
    placitī erāmus     		placuerātis,
    placitī erātis     		placuerant,
    placitī erant
    future perfect placuerō,
    placitus erō     		placueris,
    placitus eris     		placuerit,
    placitus erit     		placuerimus,
    placitī erimus     		placueritis,
    placitī eritis     		placuerint,
    placitī erint
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present placeam placeās placeat placeāmus placeātis placeant
    imperfect placērem placērēs placēret placērēmus placērētis placērent
    perfect placuerim,
    placitus sim     		placuerīs,
    placitus sīs     		placuerit,
    placitus sit     		placuerīmus,
    placitī sīmus     		placuerītis,
    placitī sītis     		placuerint,
    placitī sint
    pluperfect placuissem,
    placitus essem     		placuissēs,
    placitus essēs     		placuisset,
    placitus esset     		placuissēmus,
    placitī essēmus     		placuissētis,
    placitī essētis     		placuissent,
    placitī essent
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — placē — — placēte —
    future — placētō placētō — placētōte placentō
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present placēre — placēns —
    future placitūrum esse — placitūrus placendus
    perfect placuisse,
    placitum esse     		— placitus —
    future perfect placitum fore — — —
    perfect potential placitūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    placendī placendō placendum placendō placitum placitū

    Derived terms

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    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “placeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 469

    Further reading

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    • “placeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “placeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “placeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • what is your opinion: quid de ea re fieri placet?
      • (ambiguous) to be in a bad temper: sibi displicere (opp. sibi placere)

    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    placeo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of placear
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