verbsecond conjugation, optionally semi-deponent
placeō
placeō (present infinitive placēre, perfect active placuī or placitus sum, supine placitum)
Classical[ˈpɫa.ke.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈplaː.t͡ʃe.o]
№ 287 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- with dativeto be pleasing or agreeable to; to please, to be nice; to be welcome or acceptable; to satisfy, suit (in a mental rather than a sensual way)
sibi placēre
to be pleased with oneself, to act proudplacet mihi
I find this fine/nice - of an accomplishment, e.g. writing, acting, artistry, etc: to please, to win applause, to earn approval or other favorable response
Poēta cum prīmum animum ad scrībendum appulit, / id sibi negōtī crēdidit sōlum darī: / populō ut placērent quās fēcisset fābulās.
When the poet first applied his mind to writing, he believed that this one task was given to him: that the plays which he had written should be pleasing to the public.166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 1–3 - with dativeto like (the dative should be translated as the subject in English)
- to resolve, will, order, determine
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
grātus sum; quod placet, amāmus.placeō -ēre placuī — in Mille Verba, Animus et Adfectūs
quod placet (nōn quod vērum)placēns -entis — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 16
dēcrētum estplacuit (+īnf) — in Epistulae, ch. 6
Conjugation conjugation 2 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | placeō | placēbam | placēbō | placuī placitus sum | placueram placitus eram | placuerō placitus erō |
| 2nd sg. | placēs | placēbās | placēbis | placuistī placitus es | placuerās placitus erās | placueris placitus eris |
| 3rd sg. | placet | placēbat | placēbit | placuit placitus est | placuerat placitus erat | placuerit placitus erit |
| 1st pl. | placēmus | placēbāmus | placēbimus | placuimus placitī sumus | placuerāmus placitī erāmus | placuerimus placitī erimus |
| 2nd pl. | placētis | placēbātis | placēbitis | placuistis placitī estis | placuerātis placitī erātis | placueritis placitī eritis |
| 3rd pl. | placent | placēbant | placēbunt | placuērunt placuēre, placitī sunt | placuerant placitī erant | placuerint placitī erint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | placeam | placērem | placuerim placitus sim | placuissem placitus essem |
| 2nd sg. | placeās | placērēs | placuerīs placitus sīs | placuissēs placitus essēs |
| 3rd sg. | placeat | placēret | placuerit placitus sit | placuisset placitus esset |
| 1st pl. | placeāmus | placērēmus | placuerīmus placitī sīmus | placuissēmus placitī essēmus |
| 2nd pl. | placeātis | placērētis | placuerītis placitī sītis | placuissētis placitī essētis |
| 3rd pl. | placeant | placērent | placuerint placitī sint | placuissent placitī essent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | placē | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | placēte | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | placētō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | placētō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | placētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | placentō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | placēre | — |
| perfect infinitive | placuisse placitum esse | — |
| future infinitive | placitūrum esse | — |
| present participle | placēns placente, placentem, placentēs, placentī, placentia, placentibus, placentis, placentīs, placentium | — |
| perfect participle | placitus placita, placitā, placitae, placitam, placitārum, placitās, placite, placitī, placitīs, placitō, placitōrum, placitōs | — |
| future participle | placitūrus placitūra, placitūrā, placitūrae, placitūram, placitūrārum, placitūrās, placitūre, placitūrī, placitūrīs, placitūrō, placitūrōrum, placitūrōs, placitūrum | placendus placenda, placendā, placendae, placendam, placendārum, placendās, placende, placendīs, placendōrum, placendōs |
gerundplacendī, placendō, placendumsupineplacitum, placitū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- quid de ea re fieri placet?
- what is your opinion?
plăcĕo, cŭi and cĭtus, cĭtum, 2, v. n. (
I. part. fut. pass.:
dos placenda, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 35; v. I. A. fin.) [cf. placo], to please, to be pleasing or agreeable, to be welcome, acceptable, to satisfy (class.). I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
ungor ut illi placeam, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 11: meo neque cara'st cordi neque placet, id. Ep. 1, 2, 30: si placeo, utere, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 43: non placet Antonio consulatus meus: at placuit P. Servilio, Cic. Phil. 2, 5, 12; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 34: et quae vobis placita est condicio, datur. id. Hec. 2, 1, 44: nec dubito, quin mihi (Erigona) placitura sit, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 13: exspecto quid illis placeat de epistolā ad Caesarem, id. Att. 13, 1: tibi Ne Enipeus Plus justo placeat, Hor. C. 3, 7, 24: dis, quibus septem placuere colles, id. C. S. 7; id. Ep. 1, 7, 45; 1, 17, 35: quid placet aut odio est, id. ib. 2, 1, 101: quod spiro et placeo (si placeo) tuum est, id. C. 4, 3, 24; Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 29: sibi non placere, quod (Aristides) cupide elaborasset, ut, etc., Nep. Arist. 1, 4: quis gener hic placuit censu minor, Juv. 3, 160: Deo placere non possunt, Vulg. Rom. 8, 8.—As act.: si illa tibi placet, placenda dos quoque'st quam dat tibi, must be pleasing, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 35.—B. In partic.
1. In scenic lang., of players or pieces presented, to please, find favor, give satisfaction:
primo actu placeo, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 31: cui scenico placenti, Suet. Ner. 42; id. Galb. 12; id. Vit. 11: populo ut placerent quas fecisset fabulas, Ter. And. prol. 3; id. Hec. prol. alt. 12: ubi (fabulae) sunt cognitae, Placitae sunt, id. ib. 13.—2. Placere sibi, to be pleased or satisfied with one's self, to flatter one's self, to pride or plume one's self:
ego numquam mihi minus quam hesterno die placui, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15: nolo tibi tam valde placeas, Petr. 126; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 63: tu tibi tunc curruca places, Juv. 6, 276: omnes competitores placebant sibi, omnes omnibus displicebant, Sid. Ep. 7, 9.—II. Transf.: placet mihi (tibi, etc.), or simply placet, it pleases me, it seems good, right, or proper to me; it is my opinion, I am of opinion, I hold, believe, intend, purpose; and in perf., placuit, or placitum est, it is decided, resolved, determined (mihi, nobis, etc., or absol.).
A. In gen.
(a). With dat.:
ut ipsi auctori hujus disciplinae placet, Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 29: ut doctissimis sapientissimisque placuit, id. Div. 1, 49, 110: postea mihi placuit, ut summorum oratorum Graecas orationes explicarem, id. de Or. 1, 34, 155: ita nobis placitum est, ut, etc., Auct. Her. 2, 1, 1: sic Justitiae placitumque Parcis, Hor. C. 2, 17, 16: si placitum hoc Superis, Val. Fl. 3, 296.—With subject-clause: duo placet esse Carneadi genera visorum, Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 99; id. Rep. 1, 38, 60: sic visum Veneri, cui placet impares Formas, etc., mittere, Hor. C. 1, 33, 10: quis paria esse fere placuit peccata, laborant, Cum, etc., id. S. 1, 3, 96.—(b). Without dat., Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70:
sed, si placet, in hunc diem hactenus, id. ib. 2, 44, 71; id. Sest. 51: placitum est, ut in aprico maxime pratuli loco considerent, id. Rep. 1, 12, 18.—With neutr. pron. as subj.: hocine placet? Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 16.—With subj.: placuit ad hunc primum ferremus aditum, App. M. 4, 9.—With subject-clause: placet enim esse quiddam in re publicā praestans et regale, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 45, 69; 1, 36, 56: si enim pecunias aequari non placet, id. ib. 1, 32, 49: hos corripi placitum, Tac. A. 4, 19; 6, 7; Hor. S. 1, 3, 96.—B. In partic.
1. In publicists' lang., to resolve, will, order, determine:
senatui placere, ut C. Pansa, etc., Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38: senatui placere, C. Cassium, etc., id. ib. 11, 12, 30: deliberatur de Avarico in communi concilio, incendi placeret an defendi, Caes. B. G. 7, 15: quamobrem placitum est mihi, ut, etc., Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, § 4: edixit, mulieres ante horam quintam venire in theatrum non placere, Suet. Aug. 44 fin.; cf.: quid placeat, die, your decision, Juv. 10, 338.—2. Si dis placet, please the gods; and in eccl. writers:
Deo placere, Vulg. Num. 23, 27; v. deus.— Hence, * A. plăcens, entis, P. a., pleasing, charming, dear:
expetendum esse quod non placens sit, Cic. Fin. 3, 8: placens uxor, Hor. C. 2, 14, 21.—Acceptable: hostia placens Deo, Vulg. Phil. 4, 18: sibi placentes, self-willed, id. 2 Pet. 2, 10.—B. plăcĭtus, a, um, P. a., pleasing, agreeable, acceptable (mostly poet.):
placita es simplicitate tuā, you are pleasing, you please, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 18: oliva, Verg. G. 2, 425: amor, id. A. 4, 38: bona, Ov. H. 17, 98: in locum ambobus placitum exercitus conveniunt, Sall. J. 81, 1: artes, Tac. A. 2, 66: exemplum, id. ib. 4, 37: eum (regem creari) quasi placitissimum diis. qui, etc., Just. 18. 3. 9 (the reading acceptissimum is a later emendation).—Abl. absol.: sic placito ocius surrexit. App. M. 2, 24: placiti dies, appointed days, Vulg. 1 Reg. 13, 11.—2. Subst.: plăcĭtum, i, n.
a. Prop., that which is pleasing or agreeable:
ultra placitum laudare, more than is agreeable, Verg. E. 7, 27.—b. Transf.
(a). An opinion, sentiment (post-Aug.):
Catonis placita de olivis, Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 20.—(b). A determination, prescription, order:
medicorum placita, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 143.—(g). A maxim, principle:
ipse (Rubellius) placita majorum colebat, Tac. A. 14, 22: sapientium placita, id. ib. 16, 19: Stoicorum, id. H. 3, 81: philosophorum, id. Or. 19: nec est quare hoc inter nostra placita mireris, Sen. Ep. 66, 45: decreta, quae Graeci vocant dogmata, nobis vel decreta licet adpellare vel scita vel placita, Sen. Ep. 95, 10: philosophiae placita, id. ib. § 37: Babyloniorum, Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; Col. 9, 2, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
placeō cuī or placitus sum, citus, ēre
PLAC-, to please, give pleasure, be approved, be pleasing, be agreeable, be acceptable, suit, satisfy : si placeo, utere, if I suit you , T.: Quid placet aut odio est, H.: non placet Antonio consulatus meus: quae vobis placita est condicio, datur, T.: quin quod placitum sit, abstulerit, whatever he fancied : exspecto quid istis placeat de epistulā, I await their pleasure : Dis, quibus septem placuere colles, H.: sibi non placere, quod laborasset, etc., N.: ego numquam mihi minus placui, was less satisfied with : tu tibi tunc places, are full of complacency , Iu.—On the stage, to find favor, give satisfaction, be applauded : Primo actu placeo, T.: Populo ut placerent quas fecisset fabulas, T.—Impers, it is believed, is settled, is agreed, seems right : adde illud, si placet, if you please : venio ad comitia, sive magistratuum placet, sive legum, i. e. no matter which : placitum est, ut considerent, etc., they determined : placet enim esse quiddam in re p. praestans, it is agreed : ut ipsi auctori huius disciplinae placet, as the founder holds : ut doctissimis placuit, have taught : duo placet esse Carneadi genera visorum: Quīs paria esse fere placuit peccata, who have made up their minds that , etc., H.: quin etiam, si dis placet, aiunt, etc., please the gods! L.— It is resolved, is determined, is decided, is purposed : deliberatur, incendi placeret an defendi, Cs.: quid placet, dic, your decision , Iu.: quando vobis ita placet, S.: se natui placere, ut C. Pansa, etc., that the senate de cree , etc.: mihi placuit, ut orationes explicarem, I resolved : Venus, cui placet mittere, etc., who likes to send , H.
Origins
See the related plācō (“to appease, placate”).
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanplaurefrom Old Catalan plaser
- Catalanplaerfrom Old Catalan plaser
- Occitanplairefrom Old Occitan plazer
- Occitanplaserfrom Old Occitan plazer
- Franco-Provençalplére
- Franco-Provençalplaiser
- Franco-Provençalplèsir
- Franco-Provençalpléjir
- Old Frenchplaire
- Old Frenchplaisir
Insular Romance
- Sardinianprachere
- Sardinianpraghere
- Campidanesepraxirifrom Sardinian prachere
- Campidanesepraxifrom Sardinian prachere
- Logudoresepiagherefrom Sardinian prachere
- Nuoresepiacherefrom Sardinian prachere
Borrowings
- Portugueseprazerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese prazer
- Spanishplacerfrom Old Spanish plazer
- Basquelaket
- Galicianpracerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese prazer
- Asturianplacer
- Leoneseplazer
- Extremaduranprazer
- Ladinoplazerfrom Old Spanish plazer
- Ladinoפלאזירfrom Old Spanish plazer
- Albanianpëlqejfrom Proto-Albanian *plakjɔnit
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianplăcea
- Aromanianplac
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianpiacere
- Galluresepiacerifrom Corsican piacere
- Galluresepiasgèfrom Corsican piacere
- Sassaresepiazerifrom Corsican piacere
- Dalmatianplacaro
- Istriotpiàsi
- Istriotpiasìr
- Neapolitanpiacèr
- Sicilianpràciri
- Sicilianpiàciri
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianplasê
- Ladinplajei
- Ladinplajëi
- Ladinpièjer
- Romanshplaschair
- Romanshplascher
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianpièṡer
- Emilianpiaṡair
- Ligurianpiâxéi
- Lombardpiaxer
- Lombardpciasè
- Lombardplasì
- Piedmontesepiasej
- Piedmontesepiasì
- Romagnolpiaşer
- Romagnolpiaşe
Ibero-Romance
- Aragoneseplacer