LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

fīlō

fīlō (present infinitive fīlāre, perfect active fīlāvī, supine fīlātum)
Classical[ˈfiː.ɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfiː.lo]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinto weave

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.fīlōfīlābamfīlābōfīlāvīfīlāveramfīlāverō
2nd sg.fīlāsfīlābāsfīlābisfīlāvistīfīlāverāsfīlāveris
3rd sg.fīlatfīlābatfīlābitfīlāvitfīlāveratfīlāverit
1st pl.fīlāmusfīlābāmusfīlābimusfīlāvimusfīlāverāmusfīlāverimus
2nd pl.fīlātisfīlābātisfīlābitisfīlāvistisfīlāverātisfīlāveritis
3rd pl.fīlantfīlābantfīlābuntfīlāvērunt
fīlāvēre
fīlāverantfīlāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.fīlemfīlāremfīlāverimfīlāvissem
2nd sg.fīlēsfīlārēsfīlāverīsfīlāvissēs
3rd sg.fīletfīlāretfīlāveritfīlāvisset
1st pl.fīlēmusfīlārēmusfīlāverīmusfīlāvissēmus
2nd pl.fīlētisfīlārētisfīlāverītisfīlāvissētis
3rd pl.fīlentfīlārentfīlāverintfīlāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.fīlorfīlābarfīlābor
2nd sg.fīlāris
fīlāre
fīlābāris
fīlābāre
fīlāberis
fīlābere
3rd sg.fīlāturfīlābāturfīlābitur
1st pl.fīlāmurfīlābāmurfīlābimur
2nd pl.fīlāminīfīlābāminīfīlābiminī
3rd pl.fīlanturfīlābanturfīlābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.fīlerfīlārer
2nd sg.fīlēris
fīlēre
fīlārēris
fīlārēre
3rd sg.fīlēturfīlārētur
1st pl.fīlēmurfīlārēmur
2nd pl.fīlēminīfīlārēminī
3rd pl.fīlenturfīlārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.fīlāfīlāre
pres. 2nd pl.fīlātefīlāminī
fut. 2nd sg.fīlātōfīlātor
fut. 3rd sg.fīlātōfīlātor
fut. 2nd pl.fīlātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.fīlantōfīlantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivefīlārefīlārī
perfect infinitivefīlāvissefīlātum esse
future infinitivefīlātūrum essefīlātum īrī
present participlefīlāns—
perfect participle—fīlātus
future participlefīlātūrusfīlandus
gerundfīlandī, fīlandō, fīlandumsupinefīlātum, fīlātū

Origins

From fīlum (“thread”, noun) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Documented from the fourth c. CE.

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanfilar
  • Occitanfilar
  • Gasconhilarfrom Occitan filar
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesefiarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese fiar
  • Spanishhilarfrom Old Spanish filar
  • Aragonesefilar
  • Asturianfilar
  • Galicianfiarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese fiar
  • Ladinofilarfrom Old Spanish filar
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianfilare
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianfilare
  • Corsicanfilà
  • Dalmatianfiluor
  • Istriotfilà
  • Neapolitanfilà
  • Sicilianfilari
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchfiler
  • Franco-Provençalfelar
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianfilèr

In English words that came into English from fīlō

  • filamentfīlāmentum
  • filefīlāre

Quick answers

What does fīlō mean in Latin?
fīlō, a verb, means “to weave”.
What are the principal parts of fīlō?
fīlō, fīlāre, fīlāvī, fīlātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce fīlō?
In classical Latin, [ˈfiː.ɫoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfiː.lo].