fleo

== Italian == === Etymology === From New Latin, from Ancient Greek φλέως (phléōs, “wool-tufted reed”). === Noun === fleo m (plural flei) timothy, catstail === Anagrams === elfo == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *flēō, from earlier *flējō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to bleat, cry”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɫe.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈflɛː.o] === Verb === fleō (present infinitive flēre, perfect active flēvī, supine flētum); second conjugation (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. (transitive) to lament, bewail, grieve for Synonyms: dēplōrō, ingemō, lūgeō, gemō, queror, conqueror, plōrō, plangō ==== Conjugation ==== 1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== flēbiliter === References === === Further reading === “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 “fleo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Middle English == === Noun === fleo 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/ Rhymes: -ēo === Noun === flēo n a white spot in the eye ==== Usage notes ==== The neuter forms are indeclinable. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== flēa m (“white spot in the eye”)