fleo

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

fleo m (plural flei)

  1. timothy, catstail

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive) to lament, bewail, grieve for
    Synonyms: dēplōrō, ingemō, lūgeō, gemō, queror, conqueror, plōrō, plangō

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

References
  • “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, 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

Noun

fleo

  1. Alternative form of flo

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fle͜oː/

Noun

flēo n

  1. a white spot in the eye

Usage notes
  • The neuter forms are indeclineable.

Declension
Declension of fleo
Case Singular Plural
nominative flēo flēo
accusative flēo flēo
genitive flēo flēo
dative flēo flēo

Synonyms
  • flēa m (“white spot in the eye”)
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