fleo

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Italian

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek φλέως (phléōs, “wool-tufted reed”).

Noun

fleo m (plural flei)

  1. timothy, catstail

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *flēō, from earlier *flējō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-.

Pronunciation

Verb

fleō (present infinitive flēre, perfect active flēvī, supine flētum); second conjugation

  1. (intransitive) to weep, cry
    Antonyms: rīdeō, subrīdeō
    • Horatius, Ars Poetica
      Sī vīs mē flēre, dolendum est prīmum ipsī tibi.
      If you wish me to cry, you yourself must first be grieved.
  2. (transitive) to lament, bewail, grieve for
    Synonyms: dēplōrō, ingemō, lūgeō, gemō, queror, conqueror, plōrō, plangō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fleō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fleō flēs flet flēmus flētis flent
imperfect flēbam flēbās flēbat flēbāmus flēbātis flēbant
future flēbō flēbis flēbit flēbimus flēbitis flēbunt
perfect flēvī flēvistī,
flēstī1 		flēvit,
flēt1 		flēvimus,
flēmus1 		flēvistis,
flēstis1 		flēvērunt,
flēvēre,
flērunt1
pluperfect flēveram,
flēram1 		flēverās,
flērās1 		flēverat,
flērat1 		flēverāmus,
flērāmus1 		flēverātis,
flērātis1 		flēverant,
flērant1
future perfect flēverō,
flērō1 		flēveris,
flēris1 		flēverit,
flērit1 		flēverimus,
flērimus1 		flēveritis,
flēritis1 		flēverint,
flērint1
passive present fleor flēris,
flēre 		flētur flēmur flēminī flentur
imperfect flēbar flēbāris,
flēbāre 		flēbātur flēbāmur flēbāminī flēbantur
future flēbor flēberis,
flēbere 		flēbitur flēbimur flēbiminī flēbuntur
perfect flētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect flētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect flētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fleam fleās fleat fleāmus fleātis fleant
imperfect flērem flērēs flēret flērēmus flērētis flērent
perfect flēverim,
flērim1 		flēverīs,
flērīs1 		flēverit,
flērit1 		flēverīmus,
flērīmus1 		flēverītis,
flērītis1 		flēverint,
flērint1
pluperfect flēvissem,
flēssem1 		flēvissēs,
flēssēs1 		flēvisset,
flēsset1 		flēvissēmus,
flēssēmus1 		flēvissētis,
flēssētis1 		flēvissent,
flēssent1
passive present flear fleāris,
fleāre 		fleātur fleāmur fleāminī fleantur
imperfect flērer flērēris,
flērēre 		flērētur flērēmur flērēminī flērentur
perfect flētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect flētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — flē — — flēte —
future — flētō flētō — flētōte flentō
passive present — flēre — — flēminī —
future — flētor flētor — — flentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives flēre flēvisse,
flēsse1 		flētūrum esse flērī flētum esse flētum īrī
participles flēns — flētūrus — flētus flendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
flendī flendō flendum flendō flētum flētū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • “fleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: fletum cohibere non posse
    • (ambiguous) to move to tears: lacrimas or fletum alicui movere

Middle English

Noun

fleo

  1. Alternative form of flo

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *fleg-, related to Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Old Saxon flī (“white spot”).

Pronunciation

Noun

flēo n

  1. a white spot in the eye

Usage notes

  • The neuter forms are indeclineable.

Declension

Declension of fleo
Case Singular Plural
nominative flēo flēo
accusative flēo flēo
genitive flēo flēo
dative flēo flēo

Synonyms

  • flēa m (“white spot in the eye”)
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