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maereo

maereo

Latin

Alternative forms

Verb

maereō ‎(present infinitive maerēre); second conjugation, no perfect

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

Inflection

   Conjugation of maereo (second conjugation, defective)
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
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
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 — — maerērī — —
participles maerēns — — — — maerendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
maerēre maerendī maerendō maerendum — —

Derived terms

References

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mēwdʰ- ‎(“to complain, be emotional about”), the same root of Latin miser and Ancient Greek μῖσος ‎(mîsos).

Pronunciation

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