lallo
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps a reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-, with cognates including Ancient Greek λαλέω (laléō), Lithuanian laluoti, German lallen, English loll, and Welsh llolian. Could also simply be onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlal.loː/, [ˈɫal.loː]
Verb
lallō (present infinitive lallāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine forms
- I lullaby
Conjugation
No perfect is attested.
| Conjugation of lallo (first conjugation, defective, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | lallō | lallās | lallat | lallāmus | lallātis | lallant |
| imperfect | lallābam | lallābās | lallābat | lallābāmus | lallābātis | lallābant | |
| future | lallābō | lallābis | lallābit | lallābimus | lallābitis | lallābunt | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | lallem | lallēs | lallet | lallēmus | lallētis | lallent |
| imperfect | lallārem | lallārēs | lallāret | lallārēmus | lallārētis | lallārent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | lallā | — | — | lallāte | — |
| future | — | lallātō | lallātō | — | lallātōte | lallantō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | lallāre | — | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | lallāns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| lallāre | lallandī | lallandō | lallandum | — | — | ||
Related terms
- lallus
References
- lallo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press