melancholier

Middle French

Verb

melancholier

1. to be sad, to be melancholy
   • 1535, François Rabelais, Pantagrueline Prognostication:

     Sil pleut, ne vous en melancholiez

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of melancholier

infinitive	simple	melancholier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	melancholiant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		melancholié
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	melancholie	melancholies	melancholie	melancholions	melancholiez	melancholient
	imperfect	melancholiois, melancholioys	melancholiois, melancholioys	melancholioit, melancholioyt	melancholiions, melancholiyons	melancholiiez, melancholiyez	melancholioient, melancholioyent
	past historic	melancholia	melancholias	melancholia	melancholiasmes	melancholiastes	melancholierent
	future	melancholierai, melancholieray	melancholieras	melancholiera	melancholierons	melancholierez	melancholieront
	conditional	melancholierois, melancholieroys	melancholierois, melancholieroys	melancholieroit, melancholieroyt	melancholierions, melancholieryons	melancholieriez, melancholieryez	melancholieroient, melancholieroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	melancholie	melancholies	melancholie	melancholions	melancholiez	melancholient
	imperfect	melancholiasse	melancholiasses	melancholiast	melancholiassions	melancholiassiez	melancholiassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	melancholie	—	melancholions	melancholiez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).