haereo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *haizēō, the root of which is unknown: traditionally conjectured to be from Proto-Indo-European *gʰays- (“to adhere, to stick, to be fixed”) and cognate with Latvian gaist (“to dissipate”), Lithuanian gaĩšti (“to linger, be slow”), though this root is problematic due to the presence of *a, the unclear morphology, and the semantic gap between purported cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhae̯.re.oː/, [ˈhäe̯reoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re.o/, [ˈɛːreo]

Verb

haereō (present infinitive haerēre, perfect active haesī, supine haesum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to stick, stick fast; cling; cleave; adhere; hang, hang on or to; hold fast, be fastened; hang on; be caught; take root

   Synonym: inhaereō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.72-73:

     [...] illa fugā silvās saltūsque peragrat
     Dictaeōs; haeret laterī lētālis harundō.

     [The wounded deer] wanders in flight the forests and glades of Mount Dicte; [still] sticking in her side [is] the lethal reed.
     (The love-struck Dido who wanders Carthage is compared to an arrow-struck deer.)

2. to keep close (to), attach oneself (to), follow; pursue
3. to remain fixed, abide, keep at, continue, persist

   Synonyms: sistō, stō, cōnstō, cōnsistō, remaneō, maneō

4. to be brought to a standstill, to be suspended

   Synonym: pendeo

5. to be stuck in a situation; to be at a loss; to be embarrassed; hesitate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of haereō (second conjugation, only third-person forms in passive)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	haereō	haerēs	haeret	haerēmus	haerētis	haerent
	imperfect	haerēbam	haerēbās	haerēbat	haerēbāmus	haerēbātis	haerēbant
	future	haerēbō	haerēbis	haerēbit	haerēbimus	haerēbitis	haerēbunt
	perfect	haesī	haesistī	haesit	haesimus	haesistis	haesērunt, haesēre
	pluperfect	haeseram	haeserās	haeserat	haeserāmus	haeserātis	haeserant
	future perfect	haeserō	haeseris	haeserit	haeserimus	haeseritis	haeserint
passive	present	—	—	haerētur	—	—	haerentur
	imperfect	—	—	haerēbātur	—	—	haerēbantur
	future	—	—	haerēbitur	—	—	haerēbuntur
	perfect	—	—	haesus est	—	—	haesī sunt
	pluperfect	—	—	haesus erat	—	—	haesī erant
	future perfect	—	—	haesus erit	—	—	haesī erunt
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	haeream	haereās	haereat	haereāmus	haereātis	haereant
imperfect	haerērem	haerērēs	haerēret	haerērēmus	haerērētis	haerērent
perfect	haeserim	haeserīs	haeserit	haeserīmus	haeserītis	haeserint
pluperfect	haesissem	haesissēs	haesisset	haesissēmus	haesissētis	haesissent
passive	present	—	—	haereātur	—	—	haereantur
imperfect	—	—	haerērētur	—	—	haerērentur
perfect	—	—	haesus sit	—	—	haesī sint
pluperfect	—	—	haesus esset, haesus foret	—	—	haesī essent, haesī forent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	haerē	—	—	haerēte	—
	future	—	haerētō	haerētō	—	haerētōte	haerentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		haerēre	haesisse	haesūrum esse	haerērī	haesum esse	haesum īrī
participles		haerēns	—	haesūrus	—	haesus	haerendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		haerendī	haerendō	haerendum	haerendō	haesum	haesū

Derived terms

• adhaereō
• cohaereō
• haerēscō
• haesitō
• inhaereō
• obhaereō
• subhaereō

Related terms

• haesitābundus
• haesitantia
• haesitātiō
• haesitātor
• haesitō

Descendants

• Old French: erdre
  • Middle French: herdre (dialectal)

References

• “haereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “haereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• haereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to sit a horse well; to have a good seat: (in) equo haerere
    
  • nothing will ever make me forgetful of him: semper memoria eius in (omnium) mentibus haerebit
    
  • a thing is deeply impressed on the mind: aliquid in animo haeret, penitus insedit or infixum est
    
  • to stop short, hesitate: haerere, haesitare (Catil. 2. 6. 13)
    
  • grief has struck deep into his soul: dolor infixus animo haeret (Phil. 2. 26)