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defleo
defleo
Latin
Verb
dēfleō (present infinitive dēflēre, perfect active dēflēvī, supine dēflētum); second conjugation
- (transitive) I weep over, cry for, lament, deplore.
- (transitive) I dull with weeping.
- (rare, intransitive) I weep abundantly or violently, weep to exhaustion.
Inflection
Derived terms
- dēflētiō
Related terms
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “defleo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- defleo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016