ingemo

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Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ gemō.

Pronunciation

Verb

ingemō (present infinitive ingemere, perfect active ingemuī, supine ingemitum); third conjugation

  1. to groan, moan or sigh (at or over)
    Synonyms: ingemīscō, gemō
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.691-692:
      oculīsque errantibus altō / quaesīvit caelō lūcem, ingemuitque reperta.
      And with wandering eyes searched for high heaven’s light, and having found it, she groaned.
  2. (transitive) to deplore, lament
    Synonyms: plangō, dēplōrō, lūgeō, gemō, queror, conqueror, fleō
  3. to creak

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References

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