fleo

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek φλέως (phléōs, “wool-tufted reed”).

Noun

fleo m (plural flei)

1. timothy, catstail

Anagrams

• elfo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *flēō, from earlier *flējō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfle.oː/, [ˈfɫ̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfle.o/, [ˈflɛːo]

Verb

fleō (present infinitive flēre, perfect active flēvī, supine flētum); second conjugation

1. (intransitive) to weep, cry

   Antonyms: rīdeō, subrīdeō

   • Horatius, Ars Poetica

     Sī vīs mē flēre, dolendum est prīmum ipsī tibi.

     If you wish me to cry, you yourself must first be grieved.

2. (transitive) to lament, bewail, grieve for

   Synonyms: dēplōrō, ingemō, lūgeō, gemō, queror, conqueror, plōrō, plangō

Conjugation

Conjugation of fleō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fleō	flēs	flet	flēmus	flētis	flent
	imperfect	flēbam	flēbās	flēbat	flēbāmus	flēbātis	flēbant
	future	flēbō	flēbis	flēbit	flēbimus	flēbitis	flēbunt
	perfect	flēvī	flēvistī, flēstī1	flēvit, flēt1	flēvimus, flēmus1	flēvistis, flēstis1	flēvērunt, flēvēre, flērunt1
	pluperfect	flēveram, flēram1	flēverās, flērās1	flēverat, flērat1	flēverāmus, flērāmus1	flēverātis, flērātis1	flēverant, flērant1
	future perfect	flēverō, flērō1	flēveris, flēris1	flēverit, flērit1	flēverimus, flērimus1	flēveritis, flēritis1	flēverint, flērint1
passive	present	fleor	flēris, flēre	flētur	flēmur	flēminī	flentur
	imperfect	flēbar	flēbāris, flēbāre	flēbātur	flēbāmur	flēbāminī	flēbantur
	future	flēbor	flēberis, flēbere	flēbitur	flēbimur	flēbiminī	flēbuntur
	perfect	flētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	flētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	flētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fleam	fleās	fleat	fleāmus	fleātis	fleant
	imperfect	flērem	flērēs	flēret	flērēmus	flērētis	flērent
	perfect	flēverim, flērim1	flēverīs, flērīs1	flēverit, flērit1	flēverīmus, flērīmus1	flēverītis, flērītis1	flēverint, flērint1
	pluperfect	flēvissem, flēssem1	flēvissēs, flēssēs1	flēvisset, flēsset1	flēvissēmus, flēssēmus1	flēvissētis, flēssētis1	flēvissent, flēssent1
passive	present	flear	fleāris, fleāre	fleātur	fleāmur	fleāminī	fleantur
	imperfect	flērer	flērēris, flērēre	flērētur	flērēmur	flērēminī	flērentur
	perfect	flētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	flētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	flē	—	—	flēte	—
	future	—	flētō	flētō	—	flētōte	flentō
passive	present	—	flēre	—	—	flēminī	—
	future	—	flētor	flētor	—	—	flentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		flēre	flēvisse, flēsse1	flētūrum esse	flērī	flētum esse	flētum īrī
participles		flēns	—	flētūrus	—	flētus	flendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		flendī	flendō	flendum	flendō	flētum	flētū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• affleō
• dēfleō
• diffleō
• effleō
• flēbilis
• flēns
• flētus

Related terms

• flēbiliter

References

• “fleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “fleo”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: fletum cohibere non posse
    
  • (ambiguous) to move to tears: lacrimas or fletum alicui movere
    

Middle English

Noun

fleo

1. Alternative form of flo

Old English

Alternative forms

• flīo, fleah, flīe, flīġ

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *fleg-, related to Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Old Saxon flī (“white spot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fle͜oː/

Noun

flēo n

1. a white spot in the eye

Usage notes

• The neuter forms are indeclineable.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	flēo	flēo
accusative	flēo	flēo
genitive	flēo	flēo
dative	flēo	flēo

Declension of flēo

Synonyms

• flēa m (“white spot in the eye”)