defleo

== Latin == === Etymology === From dē- + fleō (“weep”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdeː.fɫe.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdɛː.fle.o] === Verb === dēfleō (present infinitive dēflēre, perfect active dēflēvī, supine dēflētum); second conjugation (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 (transitive) to dull with weeping (rare, intransitive) to weep abundantly or violently, weep to exhaustion ==== Conjugation ==== ==== 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016