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iaceō ‎(present infinitive iacēre, perfect active iacuī, supine iacitum); second conjugation

I lie prostrate, lie down; recline.
Cur in terra iaces? — “Why are you lying on the ground?”
I am sick, lie ill.
I linger, stop, tarry, remain.
I am placed or situated, lie.
I am low, flat or level.
I lie still.
I have fallen, lie dead.
I lie in ruins.
I hang down loose.
(of the face or eyes) I am fixed on the ground or cast down.
I am indolent, idle or inactive.
I am of no avail, lie dormant or abandoned.
I lie overthrown; I am refuted, fail; I am despised.
(of speech or language) I am languid, dull or lifeless.

Conjugation of iaceo (second conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	iaceō	iacēs	iacet	iacēmus	iacētis	iacent
	imperfect	iacēbam	iacēbās	iacēbat	iacēbāmus	iacēbātis	iacēbant
	future	iacēbō	iacēbis	iacēbit	iacēbimus	iacēbitis	iacēbunt
	perfect	iacuī	iacuistī	iacuit	iacuimus	iacuistis	iacuērunt, iacuēre
	pluperfect	iacueram	iacuerās	iacuerat	iacuerāmus	iacuerātis	iacuerant
	future perfect	iacuerō	iacueris	iacuerit	iacuerimus	iacueritis	iacuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	iaceam	iaceās	iaceat	iaceāmus	iaceātis	iaceant
	imperfect	iacērem	iacērēs	iacēret	iacērēmus	iacērētis	iacērent
	perfect	iacuerim	iacuerīs	iacuerit	iacuerīmus	iacuerītis	iacuerint
	pluperfect	iacuissem	iacuissēs	iacuisset	iacuissēmus	iacuissētis	iacuissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	iacē	—	—	iacēte	—
active	future	—	iacētō	iacētō	—	iacētōte	iacentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		iacēre	iacuisse	iacitūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		iacēns	—	iacitūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		iacēre	iacendī	iacendō	iacendum	iacitum	iacitū

iaceo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
iaceo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “iaceo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- scholarship, culture, literature is at a low ebb: litterae iacent, neglectae iacent
- philosophy is neglected, at low ebb: philosophia (neglecta) iacet (vid. sect. VII. 1, note iacēre...)
- to upset the whole system: totam rationem evertere (pass. iacet tota ratio)
- the money is bringing in no interest, lies idle: pecunia iacet otiosa
- the state is secure: res publica stat (opp. iacet)
- (ambiguous) to be broken down by misfortune: in malis iacere
- (ambiguous) to let fall an expression: voces iacere (Sall. Iug. 11)
- (ambiguous) to use threats: minas iacere, iactare
- (ambiguous) to lay the foundations: fundamenta iacere, agere
- (ambiguous) to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere
- (ambiguous) to raise a rampart, earthwork: vallum iacere, exstruere, facere
- (ambiguous) to drop anchor: ancoras iacere
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill