langueo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sl̥né(h₁)g-ti ~ *sln̥(h₁)génti, from *(s)leg-, *(s)leh₁g- (“to weaken”). Cognate with English slack.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlan.ɡʷe.oː/, [ˈɫ̪äŋɡʷeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlan.ɡwe.o/, [ˈläŋɡweo]

Verb

langueō (present infinitive languēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

1. to be faint, weak

   Synonyms: languēscō, ēlanguēscō, senēscō

   Antonym: valeō

2. (figuratively) to be inactive, listless, idle

   Synonyms: dēsideō, vacō, iaceo, resideō, cessō, sileō, conquiēscō

Conjugation

• No perfect or supine forms.

   Conjugation of langueō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	langueō		languēs		languet		languēmus		languētis		languent
	imperfect	languēbam		languēbās		languēbat		languēbāmus		languēbātis		languēbant
	future	languēbō		languēbis		languēbit		languēbimus		languēbitis		languēbunt
passive	present	langueor		languēris, languēre		languētur		languēmur		languēminī		languentur
	imperfect	languēbar		languēbāris, languēbāre		languēbātur		languēbāmur		languēbāminī		languēbantur
	future	languēbor		languēberis, languēbere		languēbitur		languēbimur		languēbiminī		languēbuntur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	langueam		langueās		langueat		langueāmus		langueātis		langueant
	imperfect	languērem		languērēs		languēret		languērēmus		languērētis		languērent
passive	present	languear		langueāris, langueāre		langueātur		langueāmur		langueāminī		langueantur
	imperfect	languērer		languērēris, languērēre		languērētur		languērēmur		languērēminī		languērentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		languē		—		—		languēte		—
	future	—		languētō		languētō		—		languētōte		languentō
passive	present	—		languēre		—		—		languēminī		—
	future	—		languētor		languētor		—		—		languentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		languēre			languērī			languēns			—
future		—			—			—			languendus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		languendī		languendō		languendum		languendō		—		—

Derived terms

• languefaciō
• languēns
• languēscō
• languidus
• languificus
• languor

Related terms

• languidē
• languidulus

Descendants

• Late Latin: languiō (see there for further descendants)
• →? Albanian: lëngoj

Further reading

• “langueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “langueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• langueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate: (in) otio languere et hebescere