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defleo.

to weep over, cry for, lament, deplore

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈdeː.fɫe.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈdɛː.fle.o]
  1. to weep over, cry for, lament, deplore

    conjugation-2 · transitive
  2. to dull with weeping

    conjugation-2 · transitive
  3. to weep abundantly or violently, weep to exhaustion

    conjugation-2 · intransitive · rare
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Latin fleō Latin dēfleō From dē- + fleō (“weep”).

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