defleo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ fleō (“weep”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.fle.oː/, [ˈd̪eːfɫ̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.fle.o/, [ˈd̪ɛːfleo]

Verb

dēfleō (present infinitive dēflēre, perfect active dēflēvī, supine dēflētum); second conjugation

1. (transitive) to weep over, cry for, lament, deplore
   • Lucanus, Pharsalia, Book VIII, Line 85

     quod defles, illud amasti

     what you cry for, that you have loved

2. (transitive) to dull with weeping
3. (rare, intransitive) to weep abundantly or violently, weep to exhaustion

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēfleō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēfleō	dēflēs	dēflet	dēflēmus	dēflētis	dēflent
	imperfect	dēflēbam	dēflēbās	dēflēbat	dēflēbāmus	dēflēbātis	dēflēbant
	future	dēflēbō	dēflēbis	dēflēbit	dēflēbimus	dēflēbitis	dēflēbunt
	perfect	dēflēvī	dēflēvistī	dēflēvit	dēflēvimus	dēflēvistis	dēflēvērunt, dēflēvēre
	pluperfect	dēflēveram	dēflēverās	dēflēverat	dēflēverāmus	dēflēverātis	dēflēverant
	future perfect	dēflēverō	dēflēveris	dēflēverit	dēflēverimus	dēflēveritis	dēflēverint
passive	present	dēfleor	dēflēris, dēflēre	dēflētur	dēflēmur	dēflēminī	dēflentur
	imperfect	dēflēbar	dēflēbāris, dēflēbāre	dēflēbātur	dēflēbāmur	dēflēbāminī	dēflēbantur
	future	dēflēbor	dēflēberis, dēflēbere	dēflēbitur	dēflēbimur	dēflēbiminī	dēflēbuntur
	perfect	dēflētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēflētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēflētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēfleam	dēfleās	dēfleat	dēfleāmus	dēfleātis	dēfleant
	imperfect	dēflērem	dēflērēs	dēflēret	dēflērēmus	dēflērētis	dēflērent
	perfect	dēflēverim	dēflēverīs	dēflēverit	dēflēverīmus	dēflēverītis	dēflēverint
	pluperfect	dēflēvissem	dēflēvissēs	dēflēvisset	dēflēvissēmus	dēflēvissētis	dēflēvissent
passive	present	dēflear	dēfleāris, dēfleāre	dēfleātur	dēfleāmur	dēfleāminī	dēfleantur
	imperfect	dēflērer	dēflērēris, dēflērēre	dēflērētur	dēflērēmur	dēflērēminī	dēflērentur
	perfect	dēflētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēflētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēflē	—	—	dēflēte	—
	future	—	dēflētō	dēflētō	—	dēflētōte	dēflentō
passive	present	—	dēflēre	—	—	dēflēminī	—
	future	—	dēflētor	dēflētor	—	—	dēflentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēflēre	dēflēvisse	dēflētūrum esse	dēflērī	dēflētum esse	dēflētum īrī
participles		dēflēns	—	dēflētūrus	—	dēflētus	dēflendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēflendī	dēflendō	dēflendum	dēflendō	dēflētum	dēflētū

Derived terms

• dēflētiō

Related terms

• affleō
• diffleō
• effleō
• fleō

References

• “defleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “defleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• defleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• defleo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016