Latin

Verb

haereō ‎(present infinitive haerēre, perfect active haesī, supine haesum); second conjugation

1. I stick, cling, cleave, adhere.
2. I keep close (to), attach myself (to), follow; pursue.
3. I remain fixed, abide, keep at, continue, persist.
4. I am brought to a standstill, I am suspended
5. I am stuck in a situation; I am at a loss; I am embarrassed; hesitate.

Inflection

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Derived terms

Related terms

• haesitābundus
• haesitantia
• haesitātiō
• haesitātor

Descendants

• Spanish: herer

References

• haereo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• haereo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “haereo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to sit a horse well; to have a good seat: (in) equo haerere
    
  • nothing will ever make me forgetful of him: semper memoria eius in (omnium) mentibus haerebit
    
  • a thing is deeply impressed on the mind: aliquid in animo haeret, penitus insedit or infixum est
    
  • to stop short, hesitate: haerere, haesitare (Catil. 2. 6. 13)
    
  • grief has struck deep into his soul: dolor infixus animo haeret (Phil. 2. 26)
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 278