inhaereo
Latin
Etymology
From in- + haereō (“cleave, cling”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈhae̯.re.oː/, [ɪnˈ(ɦ)äe̯reoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈne.re.o/, [iˈnɛːreo]
Verb
inhaereō (present infinitive inhaerēre, perfect active inhaesī, supine inhaesum); second conjugation, no passive
- I stick or inhere in; stick, cleave, hang or adhere to; hold on to.
- Synonym: haereo
- (figuratively) I cling or adhere to, engage deeply or closely in; I am closely connected with.
Conjugation
- This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
| Conjugation of inhaereō (second conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | inhaereō | inhaerēs | inhaeret | inhaerēmus | inhaerētis | inhaerent |
| imperfect | inhaerēbam | inhaerēbās | inhaerēbat | inhaerēbāmus | inhaerēbātis | inhaerēbant | |
| future | inhaerēbō | inhaerēbis | inhaerēbit | inhaerēbimus | inhaerēbitis | inhaerēbunt | |
| perfect | inhaesī | inhaesistī | inhaesit | inhaesimus | inhaesistis | inhaesērunt, inhaesēre | |
| pluperfect | inhaeseram | inhaeserās | inhaeserat | inhaeserāmus | inhaeserātis | inhaeserant | |
| future perfect | inhaeserō | inhaeseris | inhaeserit | inhaeserimus | inhaeseritis | inhaeserint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | inhaeream | inhaereās | inhaereat | inhaereāmus | inhaereātis | inhaereant |
| imperfect | inhaerērem | inhaerērēs | inhaerēret | inhaerērēmus | inhaerērētis | inhaerērent | |
| perfect | inhaeserim | inhaeserīs | inhaeserit | inhaeserīmus | inhaeserītis | inhaeserint | |
| pluperfect | inhaesissem | inhaesissēs | inhaesisset | inhaesissēmus | inhaesissētis | inhaesissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | inhaerē | — | — | inhaerēte | — |
| future | — | inhaerētō | inhaerētō | — | inhaerētōte | inhaerentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | inhaerēre | inhaesisse | inhaesūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | inhaerēns | — | inhaesūrus | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| inhaerendī | inhaerendō | inhaerendum | inhaerendō | inhaesum | inhaesū | ||
Derived terms
- inhaerēns
- inhaerēscō
- inhaesiō
Related terms
- adhaereō
- cohaereō
- haereō
Descendants
- English: inhere
- Portuguese: inerir
References
- “inhaereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inhaereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inhaereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- he is in a suspicious mood: suspicio ei penitus inhaeret
- to be on the heels of the enemy: tergis hostium inhaerere
- he is in a suspicious mood: suspicio ei penitus inhaeret