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 stems

1. to lullaby

Conjugation

No perfect is attested.

   Conjugation of lallō (first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		lallāre			—			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