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Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
ēlīmō (present infinitive ēlīmāre, perfect active ēlīmāvī, supine ēlīmātum); first conjugation
- to file (off)
- to polish
- (figurative) to cultivate, perfect, elaborate
Maurus Servius Honoratus,
In Vergilii Bucolica commentarii :
- Bucolica, ut ferunt, dicta sunt ā custōdibus boum, id est ἀπὸ τῶν βουκόλων: praecipua enim sunt animālia apud rūsticōs bovēs. Huius autem carminis orīgō varia est. Nam aliī dīcunt eō tempore, quō Xerxēs, Persārum rēx, invāsit Graeciam, cum omnēs intrā mūrōs latērent nec possent mōre solitō Diānae sacra persolvī, pervēnisse ad montēs Lacōnās rūsticōs et in eius honōrem hymnōs dīxisse: unde nātum carmen bucolicum aetās posterior ēlīmāvit.
- Bucolics, as they say, are called after the keepers of oxen, that is, ἀπὸ τῶν βουκόλων: for oxen are distinguished animals for country-dwellers. The origin of this kind of poem is disputed. For others say that in the times when Xerxes, the king of the Persians, invaded Greece, when everybody was hiding between walls and couldn't fulfil their religious duties to Diana, Laconas made it to the mountains in the countryside and said hymns in her honour: the coming age refined the bucolic poem created therefrom.
- to lessen or diminish
Conjugation
Conjugation of ēlīmō (first conjugation)
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indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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ēlīmō
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ēlīmās
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ēlīmat
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ēlīmāmus
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ēlīmātis
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ēlīmant
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imperfect
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ēlīmābam
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ēlīmābās
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ēlīmābat
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ēlīmābāmus
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ēlīmābātis
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ēlīmābant
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future
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ēlīmābō
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ēlīmābis
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ēlīmābit
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ēlīmābimus
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ēlīmābitis
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ēlīmābunt
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perfect
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ēlīmāvī
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ēlīmāvistī, ēlīmāstī1
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ēlīmāvit, ēlīmāt1
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ēlīmāvimus, ēlīmāmus1
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ēlīmāvistis, ēlīmāstis1
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ēlīmāvērunt, ēlīmāvēre, ēlīmārunt1
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pluperfect
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ēlīmāveram, ēlīmāram1
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ēlīmāverās, ēlīmārās1
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ēlīmāverat, ēlīmārat1
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ēlīmāverāmus, ēlīmārāmus1
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ēlīmāverātis, ēlīmārātis1
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ēlīmāverant, ēlīmārant1
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future perfect
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ēlīmāverō, ēlīmārō1
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ēlīmāveris, ēlīmāris1
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ēlīmāverit, ēlīmārit1
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ēlīmāverimus, ēlīmārimus1
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ēlīmāveritis, ēlīmāritis1
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ēlīmāverint, ēlīmārint1
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passive
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present
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ēlīmor
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ēlīmāris, ēlīmāre
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ēlīmātur
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ēlīmāmur
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ēlīmāminī
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ēlīmantur
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imperfect
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ēlīmābar
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ēlīmābāris, ēlīmābāre
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ēlīmābātur
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ēlīmābāmur
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ēlīmābāminī
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ēlīmābantur
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future
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ēlīmābor
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ēlīmāberis, ēlīmābere
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ēlīmābitur
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ēlīmābimur
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ēlīmābiminī
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ēlīmābuntur
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perfect
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ēlīmātus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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ēlīmātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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ēlīmātus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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ēlīmem
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ēlīmēs
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ēlīmet
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ēlīmēmus
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ēlīmētis
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ēlīment
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imperfect
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ēlīmārem
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ēlīmārēs
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ēlīmāret
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ēlīmārēmus
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ēlīmārētis
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ēlīmārent
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perfect
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ēlīmāverim, ēlīmārim1
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ēlīmāverīs, ēlīmārīs1
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ēlīmāverit, ēlīmārit1
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ēlīmāverīmus, ēlīmārīmus1
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ēlīmāverītis, ēlīmārītis1
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ēlīmāverint, ēlīmārint1
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pluperfect
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ēlīmāvissem, ēlīmāssem1
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ēlīmāvissēs, ēlīmāssēs1
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ēlīmāvisset, ēlīmāsset1
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ēlīmāvissēmus, ēlīmāssēmus1
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ēlīmāvissētis, ēlīmāssētis1
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ēlīmāvissent, ēlīmāssent1
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passive
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present
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ēlīmer
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ēlīmēris, ēlīmēre
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ēlīmētur
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ēlīmēmur
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ēlīmēminī
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ēlīmentur
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imperfect
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ēlīmārer
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ēlīmārēris, ēlīmārēre
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ēlīmārētur
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ēlīmārēmur
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ēlīmārēminī
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ēlīmārentur
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perfect
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ēlīmātus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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ēlīmātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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ēlīmā
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—
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—
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ēlīmāte
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—
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future
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—
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ēlīmātō
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ēlīmātō
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—
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ēlīmātōte
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ēlīmantō
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passive
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present
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—
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ēlīmāre
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—
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—
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ēlīmāminī
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—
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future
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—
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ēlīmātor
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ēlīmātor
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—
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—
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ēlīmantor
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non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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infinitives
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ēlīmāre
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ēlīmāvisse, ēlīmāsse1
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ēlīmātūrum esse
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ēlīmārī
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ēlīmātum esse
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ēlīmātum īrī
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participles
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ēlīmāns
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—
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ēlīmātūrus
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—
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ēlīmātus
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ēlīmandus
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verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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ēlīmandī
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ēlīmandō
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ēlīmandum
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ēlīmandō
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ēlīmātum
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ēlīmātū
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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
References
- “elimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “elimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- elimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.