fleo

Italian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

fleo m (plural flei)

timothy, catstail

Anagrams edit

elfo

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfle.oː/, [ˈfɫ̪eoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfle.o/, [ˈflɛːo]

Verb edit

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

(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.
(transitive) to lament, bewail, grieve for
Synonyms: dēplōrō, ingemō, lūgeō, gemō, queror, conqueror, plōrō, plangō

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of fleō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	flē	—	—	flēte	—
active	future	—	flētō	flētō	—	flētōte	flentō
passive	present	—	flēre	—	—	flēminī	—
passive	future	—	flētor	flētor	—	—	flentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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 edit

Related terms edit

flēbiliter

References edit

“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^[1], 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 edit

Noun edit

fleo

Alternative form of flo

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

flīo, fleah, flīe, flīġ

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fle͜oː/

Noun edit

flēo n

a white spot in the eye

Usage notes edit

The neuter forms are indeclineable.

Declension edit

Declension of fleo

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	flēo	flēo
accusative	flēo	flēo
genitive	flēo	flēo
dative	flēo	flēo

Synonyms edit

flēa m (“white spot in the eye”)