lallo

See also: Lallo

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps a reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-, with cognates including Ancient Greek λαλέω (laléō), Lithuanian laluoti, German lallen, English loll, and Welsh llolian. Could also simply be onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlal.loː/, [ˈɫ̪älːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlal.lo/, [ˈlälːo]

Verb

lallō (present infinitive lallāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to lullaby

Conjugation

No perfect is attested.

Conjugation of lallō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lallō	lallās	lallat	lallāmus	lallātis	lallant
	imperfect	lallābam	lallābās	lallābat	lallābāmus	lallābātis	lallābant
	future	lallābō	lallābis	lallābit	lallābimus	lallābitis	lallābunt
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lallem	lallēs	lallet	lallēmus	lallētis	lallent
	imperfect	lallārem	lallārēs	lallāret	lallārēmus	lallārētis	lallārent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lallā	—	—	lallāte	—
	future	—	lallātō	lallātō	—	lallātōte	lallantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lallāre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		lallāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lallandī	lallandō	lallandum	lallandō	—	—

Related terms

• lallus

References

• “lallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press