LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

flētus

flētus m (genitive flētūs)
Classical[ˈfɫeː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈflɛː.tus]

Meaning

  1. a weeping, crying
    Hac oratione ab Diviciaco habita omnes qui aderant magno fletu auxilium a Caesare petere coeperunt.When this speech had been delivered by Diviciacus, all who were present began with loud lamentation to entreat assistance of Caesar.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.32
  2. tears

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

lacrimae, plōrātus
flētus -ūs (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 6

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeflētusflētūs
genitiveflētūsflētuum
dativeflētuīflētibus
accusativeflētumflētūs
ablativeflētūflētibus
vocativeflētusflētūs

flētus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from fleo.
flētus, ūs, m. fleo,
I. a weeping, wailing, lamenting.
I. Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.): nemo me lacrimis decoret nec funera fletu Faxit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. 1, 3, p. 162 ed. Vahl.); cf.: quantum fletum factum audivi! Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; and: quod usque eo visum est indignum, ut urbe tota fletus gemitusque fieret, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24: lugubris lamentatio fletusque maerens, id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30: mulierum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47: fletus cum singultu, id. Planc. 31, 76: prae fletu et dolore, for tears, id. Att. 11, 7, 6: assiduo fletu sororis, id. Clu. 6, 15: haec magna cum misericordia fletuque pronuntiantur, Caes. B. C. 2, 12 fin.: clamore ac fletu omnia compleri, id. B. G. 5, 33 fin.: fletum populo movere, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228: fletum reprimere, id. Rep. 6, 15: magno fletu auxilium petere, Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 1: virginum precibus et fletu excitati, id. B. C. 2, 4, 3: cum ille erumpit fletus, Quint. 6, 2, 7: fletibus natos, laetitia defunctos prosequi, id. 5, 11, 38: nullis ille movetur fletibus, Verg. A. 4, 439.—
II. Transf., concr., = lacrimae, tears: fletu super ora refuso, Ov. M. 11, 658; so ib. 673.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin flētus From fleō + -tus (forming ation nouns).

Descendants
  • Italianfleto

Quick answers

What does flētus mean in Latin?
flētus, a noun, means “a weeping, crying; tears”.
What is the genitive of flētus?
The genitive singular is flētūs. flētus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce flētus?
In classical Latin, [ˈfɫeː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈflɛː.tus].