maereo

Latin

Alternative forms

• moereō

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *maizēō; further origin uncertain. Possibly related to miser (compare with misereō), and possibly related to Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos) by means of Proto-Indo-European *mēwdʰ- (“to complain, be emotional about”). De Vaan hesitantly suggests a connection to Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmae̯.re.oː/, [ˈmäe̯reoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.re.o/, [ˈmɛːreo]

Verb

maereō (present infinitive maerēre, perfect active maeruī); second conjugation, no supine stem

1. (intransitive) to be sad or mournful; mourn, grieve, lament
2. (transitive) to mourn or lament over, bewail, bemoan

Conjugation

Conjugation of maereō (second conjugation, no supine stem)
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
	perfect	maeruī	maeruistī	maeruit	maeruimus	maeruistis	maeruērunt, maeruēre
	pluperfect	maerueram	maeruerās	maeruerat	maeruerāmus	maeruerātis	maeruerant
	future perfect	maeruerō	maerueris	maeruerit	maeruerimus	maerueritis	maeruerint
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
	perfect	maeruerim	maeruerīs	maeruerit	maeruerīmus	maeruerītis	maeruerint
	pluperfect	maeruissem	maeruissēs	maeruisset	maeruissēmus	maeruissētis	maeruissent
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	maeruisse	—	maerērī	—	—
participles		maerēns	—	—	—	—	maerendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		maerendī	maerendō	maerendum	maerendō	—	—

Derived terms

• maerēns
• maeror
• maestificō
• maestificus
• maestiter
• maestitia
• maestitūdō
• maestō
• 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.

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “maereō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358