Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 712.fleō on page 712
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flēre weep
flēre is a Latin Verb that primarily means weep.
Definitions for flēre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
weep
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
(intr.) To weep, cry, lament.
- 2
(tr.) To weep for, bewail, lament. (b) (w. acc. and inf.). (c) (w. inf.).
- 3
(pf. pple., app.) Overcome with weeping, tearful.
Sentences with flēre
Latin to English
Si vis me flere, dolendum est primum ipsi tibi.Compare If you wish to draw tears from me, you must first feel pain yourself.
Fleque meos casus: est quaedam flere voluptas: expletur lacrimis egeriturque dolor.Compare Weep for my woe; in weeping there is a certain joy, for by tears grief is sated and relieved.
Matrem timidi flere non solere.Compare The mother of a careful man seldom has reason to weep.
Conjugation table for flēre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| fleō flēs flet flēmus flētis flent | flēbam flēbās flēbat flēbāmus flēbātis flēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| flēvī flēvistī flēvit flēvimus flēvistis flēvērunt / flēvēre | flēveram flēverās flēverat flēverāmus flēverātis flēverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| flēbō flēbis flēbit flēbimus flēbitis flēbunt | flēverō flēveris flēverit flēverimus flēveritis flēverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| fleam fleās fleat fleāmus fleātis fleant | flērem flērēs flēret flērēmus flērētis flērent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| flēverim flēveris flēverit flēverimus flēveritis flēverint | flēvissem flēvissēs flēvisset flēvissēmus flēvissētis flēvissent |
Infinitive present flēre Infinitive perfect flēvisse Infinitive future flētūrum esse | Imperative present flē flēte Imperative future flētō flētō flētōte flentō |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| - - flētur - - - | - - flēbātur - - - |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| - - flētus est - - - | - - flētus erat - - - |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| - - flēbitur - - - | - - flētus erit - - - |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| - - fleātur - - - | - - flērētur - - - |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| - - flētus sit - - - | - - flētus esset - - - |
Infinitive present flērī Infinitive perfect flētum esse Infinitive future flētum īrī | Imperative present - - Imperative future - flētō - - |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | flēns | flentēs |
| Gen. | flentis | flentium |
| Dat. | flentī | flentibus |
| Acc. | flentem | flentēs |
| Abl. | flente | flentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | flētūrus | flētūrī |
| Gen. | flētūrī | flētūrōrum |
| Dat. | flētūrō | flētūrīs |
| Acc. | flētūrum | flētūrōs |
| Abl. | flētūrō | flētūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | flētus | flētī |
| Gen. | flētī | flētōrum |
| Dat. | flētō | flētīs |
| Acc. | flētum | flētōs |
| Abl. | flētō | flētīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | flendus | flendī |
| Gen. | flendī | flendōrum |
| Dat. | flendō | flendīs |
| Acc. | flendum | flendōs |
| Abl. | flendō | flendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | flēre | flētum |
| Gen. | flendī | flētū |
| Dat. | flendō | |
| Acc. | flendum | |
| Abl. | flendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 476.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 712.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "fleō, flēre, flēvī, flētum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/fleo-flere-flevi-fletum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 476.on page 476
