Latin

Verb

liqueō ‎(present infinitive liquēre, perfect active licuī); second conjugation, no passive

1. I am liquid, fluid.
   • c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Naturales quaestiones 6.5.1

     Causam qua terra concutitur alii in aqua esse, alii in ignibus, alii in ipsa terra, alii in spiritu putauerunt, alii in pluribus, alii in omnibus his; quidam liquere ipsis aliquam ex istis causam esse dixerunt, sed non liquere quae esset.

2. I am clear, transparent, limpid.
3. (figuratively) I am clear, evident, apparent.

Inflection

• The third principal part may be licuī or liquī.

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• liquō

Descendants

• Spanish: licuar

References

• liqueo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• liqueo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “liqueo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.