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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *haizēō, from earlier *xaizējō (to differentiate it from a later form *haizēō if the shift */x/ > */h/ in the Italic languages already happened during late Proto-Italic); further origin is uncertain, but conjectured to be from Proto-Indo-European *gʰays- (“to adhere, to stick, to be fixed to”) (Pokorny lexicon p. 410). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Verb
haereō (present infinitive haerēre, perfect active haesī, supine haesum); second conjugation, no passive
- to stick, cling, cleave, adhere
- Synonym: inhaereō
- to keep close (to), attach oneself (to), follow; pursue
- to remain fixed, abide, keep at, continue, persist
- Synonyms: sistō, stō, cōnstō, cōnsistō, remaneō, maneō
- to be brought to a standstill, to be suspended
- Synonym: pendeo
- to be stuck in a situation; to be at a loss; to be embarrassed; hesitate
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References
- “haereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “haereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- haereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to sit a horse well; to have a good seat: (in) equo haerere
- nothing will ever make me forgetful of him: semper memoria eius in (omnium) mentibus haerebit
- a thing is deeply impressed on the mind: aliquid in animo haeret, penitus insedit or infixum est
- to stop short, hesitate: haerere, haesitare (Catil. 2. 6. 13)
- grief has struck deep into his soul: dolor infixus animo haeret (Phil. 2. 26)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278