LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfourth conjugation

languiō

languiō (present infinitive languīre, perfect active languīvī, supine languītum)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinto languish

Origins

From Classical langueō, with a change in conjugation. Attested in the sixth century CE.

Italo-Romance
  • Italianlanguire
  • Italianslanguirsi
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchlanguirfrom Old French languir
  • Englishlanguishfrom Old French languir
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanlanguir
  • Catalanllanguirfrom Old Catalan languir
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianlambrire
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishlanguidecer
  • Old Galician-Portugueselanguir
Gallo-Italic
  • Old Lombardslanguir
  • Piedmonteselanghì

In English words that came into English from languiō

  • languishlanguiō

Quick answers

What does languiō mean in Latin?
languiō, a verb, means “to languish”.
What are the principal parts of languiō?
languiō, languīre, languīvī, languītum (fourth conjugation).