ingemo

ingemo

Latin

Etymology

    From in- + gemō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ingemō (present infinitive ingemere, perfect active ingemuī, supine ingemitum); third conjugation

    1. to groan, moan or sigh (at or over)
      Synonyms: ingemīscō, gemō
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.691-692:
        [...] oculīsque errantibus altō / quaesīvit caelō lūcem, ingemuitque reperta.
        And with wandering eyes [Dido] searched for high heaven’s light, and having found it, she groaned.
    2. (transitive) to deplore, lament
      Synonyms: plangō, dēplōrō, lūgeō, gemō, queror, conqueror, fleō
    3. to creak

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    References

    • ingemo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • ingemo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • ingemo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.