liqueo

See also: Liqueo

Latin

Etymology

Stative from Proto-Italic *wlikʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European *wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti, from *wleykʷ- (“to flow, run”) (compare Irish fliuch (“wet”), Tocharian A lyīktsi (“to wash”)).

See also intransitive līquor and transitive liquō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.kʷe.oː/, [ˈlʲɪkʷeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.kwe.o/, [ˈliːkweo]

Verb

liqueō (present infinitive liquēre, perfect active licuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to be liquid, fluid

   Synonyms: candeō, ēniteō, splendeō, niteō, fulgeō, resplendeō

   • c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Naturales quaestiones 6.5.1:

     Causam qua terra concutitur alii in aqua esse, alii in ignibus, alii in ipsa terra, alii in spiritu putauerunt, alii in pluribus, alii in omnibus his; quidam liquere ipsis aliquam ex istis causam esse dixerunt, sed non liquere quae esset.

2. to be clear, transparent, limpid
3. (figuratively) to be clear, evident, apparent

   Synonyms: exstō, ēmineō, excellō, ēniteō

Conjugation

• The third principal part may be licuī or liquī.

Conjugation of liqueō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	liqueō	liquēs	liquet	liquēmus	liquētis	liquent
	imperfect	liquēbam	liquēbās	liquēbat	liquēbāmus	liquēbātis	liquēbant
	future	liquēbō	liquēbis	liquēbit	liquēbimus	liquēbitis	liquēbunt
	perfect	licuī	licuistī	licuit	licuimus	licuistis	licuērunt, licuēre
	pluperfect	licueram	licuerās	licuerat	licuerāmus	licuerātis	licuerant
	future perfect	licuerō	licueris	licuerit	licuerimus	licueritis	licuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	liqueam	liqueās	liqueat	liqueāmus	liqueātis	liqueant
	imperfect	liquērem	liquērēs	liquēret	liquērēmus	liquērētis	liquērent
	perfect	licuerim	licuerīs	licuerit	licuerīmus	licuerītis	licuerint
	pluperfect	licuissem	licuissēs	licuisset	licuissēmus	licuissētis	licuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	liquē	—	—	liquēte	—
	future	—	liquētō	liquētō	—	liquētōte	liquentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		liquēre	licuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		liquēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		liquendī	liquendō	liquendum	liquendō	—	—

Derived terms

• liquefaciō
• liquēns
• liquēscō
• liquidus
• liquor

Related terms

• liquefactiō
• liquidē
• liquiditās
• liquidiusculus
• liquidō

References

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