verbsecond conjugation, no perfect or supine stems
langueō
langueō (present infinitive languēre)
Classical[ˈɫaŋ.ɡʷe.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈlaŋ.ɡʷe.o]
Meaning
- to be faint, weak
- figurativelyto be inactive, listless, idle
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
sine vīribus iaceōlangueō -ēre — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 14
Conjugation conjugation 2 perfect
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | langueō | languēbam | languēbō | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | languēs | languēbās | languēbis | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | languet | languēbat | languēbit | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | languēmus | languēbāmus | languēbimus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | languētis | languēbātis | languēbitis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | languent | languēbant | languēbunt | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | langueam | languērem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | langueās | languērēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | langueat | languēret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | langueāmus | languērēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | langueātis | languērētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | langueant | languērent | — | — |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | langueor | languēbar | languēbor |
| 2nd sg. | languēris languēre | languēbāris languēbāre | languēberis languēbere |
| 3rd sg. | languētur | languēbātur | languēbitur |
| 1st pl. | languēmur | languēbāmur | languēbimur |
| 2nd pl. | languēminī | languēbāminī | languēbiminī |
| 3rd pl. | languentur | languēbantur | languēbuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | languear | languērer |
| 2nd sg. | langueāris langueāre | languērēris languērēre |
| 3rd sg. | langueātur | languērētur |
| 1st pl. | langueāmur | languērēmur |
| 2nd pl. | langueāminī | languērēminī |
| 3rd pl. | langueantur | languērentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | languē | languēre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | languēte | languēminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | languētō | languētor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | languētō | languētor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | languētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | languentō | languentor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | languēre | languērī |
| present participle | languēns | — |
| future participle | — | languendus languenda, languendā, languendae, languendam, languendārum, languendās, languende, languendīs, languendōrum, languendōs |
gerundlanguendī, languendō, languendum
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- (in) otio languere et hebescere
- to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate.
languĕo, ēre, 2, v. n. root lag-; Gr. λαγαρός, λάγνος, lewd; Lat. laxare, lactes; cf. Sanscr. lang-a, prostitute; Gr. λαγώς, hare, λαγόνες, the flanks, womb,
I. to be faint, weary, languid (cf.: languesco, marceo, torpeo).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
cum de via languerem, was fatigued with my journey, Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12: per assiduos motus languere, to be wearied, Ov. H. 18, 161.—Poet.: flos languet, droops, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 46. Val. Fl. 7, 24 al.: languet aequor, the sea is calm, Mart. 10, 30, 12: lunae languet jubar, is enfeebled, obscured, Stat. Th. 12, 305.—B. In partic., to be weak, faint, languid from disease (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
languent mea membra, Tib. 3, 5, 28: tristi languebunt corpora morbo, Verg. G. 4, 252: sub natalem suum plerumque languebat, Suet. Aug. 81: si te languere audierimus, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21 fin.: ego langui et aegrotavi per dies, Vulg. Dan. 8, 27; Luc. 7, 10; cf. languesco.—II. Trop., to be languid, dull, heavy, inactive, listless:
languet juventus, nec perinde atque debebat in laudis et gloriae cupiditate versatur, Cic. Pis. 33, 82: nec eam solitudinem languere patior, to pass in idleness, to be wasted, id. Off. 3, 1, 3: otio, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7; cf.: in otio hebescere et languere, id. Ac. 2, 2, 6: si paululum modo vos languere viderint, to be without energy, Sall. C. 52, 18: languet amor, Ov. A. A. 2, 436: mihi gratia languet, Sil. 17, 361.—Hence, languens, entis, P. a., faint, weak, feeble, inert, powerless, inactive, languid: incitare languentes, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; cf.: commovere languentem id. de Or. 2, 44, 186: nostris languentibus atque animo remissis, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: languenti stomacho esse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13: irritamentum Veneris languentis, Juv. 11, 167: vox languens, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133: cor, Cat. 64, 97: hyacinthus, drooping, Verg. A. 11, 69; so, ramus, Suet. Aug. 92.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
langueō —, —, ēre
LAG-, to be faint, be weary, be languid : nostris languentibus, Cs.: e viā, to be fatigued : per adsiduos motūs, to be wearied , O.: Inachiā minus ac me, H.: flos languet, droops , Pr.: tristi languebant corpora morbo, were faint , V.—Fig., to be languid, be dull, sink, be heavy, be listless : languet iuventus: nec eam solitudinem languere patior, pass in idleness : paululum, to be without energy , S.: recursus Languentis pelagi, i. e. ebbing , V.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *sl̥né(h₁)g-ti ~ *sln̥(h₁)génti, from *(s)leg-, *(s)leh₁g- (“to weaken”). Cognate with English slack.
Descendants
- Late Latinlanguiō
- Albanianlëngoj
In English words that came into English from langueō
- languishlanguio
- languidlanguidus
- languorlanguor