maereo
Latin
Alternative forms
- moereō
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mēwdʰ- (“to complain, be emotional about”), the same root of Latin miser and Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos). Compare with misereō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmae̯.re.oː/
Verb
maereō (present infinitive maerēre); second conjugation, no perfect
- (intransitive) I am sad or mournful; mourn, grieve, lament.
- (transitive) I mourn or lament over, bewail, bemoan.
Inflection
| Conjugation of maereo (second conjugation, defective) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | maereō | maerēs | maeret | maerēmus | maerētis | maerent |
| imperfect | maerēbam | maerēbās | maerēbat | maerēbāmus | maerēbātis | maerēbant | |
| future | maerēbō | maerēbis | maerēbit | maerēbimus | maerēbitis | maerēbunt | |
| passive | present | maereor | maerēris, maerēre | maerētur | maerēmur | maerēminī | maerentur |
| imperfect | maerēbar | maerēbāris, maerēbāre | maerēbātur | maerēbāmur | maerēbāminī | maerēbantur | |
| future | maerēbor | maerēberis, maerēbere | maerēbitur | maerēbimur | maerēbiminī | maerēbuntur | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | maeream | maereās | maereat | maereāmus | maereātis | maereant |
| imperfect | maerērem | maerērēs | maerēret | maerērēmus | maerērētis | maerērent | |
| passive | present | maerear | maereāris, maereāre | maereātur | maereāmur | maereāminī | maereantur |
| imperfect | maerērer | maerērēris, maerērēre | maerērētur | maerērēmur | maerērēminī | maerērentur | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | maerē | — | — | maerēte | — |
| future | — | maerētō | maerētō | — | maerētōte | maerentō | |
| passive | present | — | maerēre | — | — | maerēminī | — |
| future | — | maerētor | maerētor | — | — | maerentor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | maerēre | — | — | maerērī | — | — | |
| participles | maerēns | — | — | — | — | maerendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| maerēre | maerendī | maerendō | maerendum | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- maerēns
- maeror
- maestus
References
- maereo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maereo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette