sileo
See also: Sileo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *siljaną. Related to Old English sālnes (“silence”), Old Norse sil (“slow flowing water”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.le.oː/, [ˈsɪ.ɫe.oː]
Verb
sileō (present infinitive silēre, perfect active siluī); second conjugation, no passive
- I am silent, noiseless, quiet, make no sound; speak not, I am quiet.
- (transitive) I keep silent over or about.
- I am inactive; rest, cease.
Inflection
- This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
| Conjugation of sileo (second conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | sileō | silēs | silet | silēmus | silētis | silent |
| imperfect | silēbam | silēbās | silēbat | silēbāmus | silēbātis | silēbant | |
| future | silēbō | silēbis | silēbit | silēbimus | silēbitis | silēbunt | |
| perfect | siluī | siluistī | siluit | siluimus | siluistis | siluērunt, siluēre | |
| pluperfect | silueram | siluerās | siluerat | siluerāmus | siluerātis | siluerant | |
| future perfect | siluerō | silueris | siluerit | siluerimus | silueritis | siluerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | sileam | sileās | sileat | sileāmus | sileātis | sileant |
| imperfect | silērem | silērēs | silēret | silērēmus | silērētis | silērent | |
| perfect | siluerim | siluerīs | siluerit | siluerimus | silueritis | siluerint | |
| pluperfect | siluissem | siluissēs | siluisset | siluissēmus | siluissētis | siluissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | silē | — | — | silēte | — |
| future | — | silētō | silētō | — | silētōte | silentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | silēre | siluisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | silēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| silēre | silendī | silendō | silendum | — | — | ||
Synonyms
- taceo
Derived terms
- silēns
- silenter
- silentium
- silentus
Related terms
- silentiārius
- silentiōsē
- silentiōsus
References
- sileo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sileo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sileo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette