liqueo

See also: Liqueo

Latin

Etymology

Stative from Proto-Italic *wlikʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European *wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti, from *wleykʷ- (“to flow, run, moisten”); compare Old Irish fliuch (“wet”), Tocharian A lyīktsi (“to wash”).[1]

See also intransitive līquor and transitive liquō.

Pronunciation

Verb

liqueō (present infinitive liquēre, perfect active licuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be liquid, fluid
    Synonyms: candeō, ēniteō, splendeō, niteō, fulgeō, resplendeō
    • c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Naturales quaestiones 6.5.1:
      Causam qua terra concutitur alii in aqua esse, alii in ignibus, alii in ipsa terra, alii in spiritu putauerunt, alii in pluribus, alii in omnibus his; quidam liquere ipsis aliquam ex istis causam esse dixerunt, sed non liquere quae esset.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to be clear, transparent, limpid
  3. (figuratively) to be clear, evident, apparent
    Synonyms: exstō, ēmineō, excellō, ēniteō

Conjugation

  • The third principal part may be licuī or liquī.
   Conjugation of liqueō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present liqueō liquēs liquet liquēmus liquētis liquent
imperfect liquēbam liquēbās liquēbat liquēbāmus liquēbātis liquēbant
future liquēbō liquēbis liquēbit liquēbimus liquēbitis liquēbunt
perfect licuī licuistī licuit licuimus licuistis licuērunt,
licuēre
pluperfect licueram licuerās licuerat licuerāmus licuerātis licuerant
future perfect licuerō licueris licuerit licuerimus licueritis licuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present liqueam liqueās liqueat liqueāmus liqueātis liqueant
imperfect liquērem liquērēs liquēret liquērēmus liquērētis liquērent
perfect licuerim licuerīs licuerit licuerīmus licuerītis licuerint
pluperfect licuissem licuissēs licuisset licuissēmus licuissētis licuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — liquē — — liquēte —
future — liquētō liquētō — liquētōte liquentō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present liquēre — liquēns —
perfect licuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
liquendī liquendō liquendum liquendō — —

Derived terms

References

  • “liqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “liqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • liqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
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