felio

Latin

Etymology

Probably fēlēs +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

Verb

fēliō (present infinitive fēlīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to snarl like a panther
    • 43 BCE—18, Ovid (attributed), Carmen de Philomela, 50:
      Tigrides indomitae raccant, rugiuntque leones; Panther caurit amans; pardus hiando felit.
      Untamed tigers make a hoarse sound, and lions roar; the rutting female panther caterwauls; the male panther, for uttering, snarls.
  2. to meow like a cat
    • 2007, John C. Traupman, Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency, page 287:
      feles feliunt
      cats meow

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fēliō (fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fēliō fēlīs fēlit fēlīmus fēlītis fēliunt
imperfect fēliēbam fēliēbās fēliēbat fēliēbāmus fēliēbātis fēliēbant
future fēliam fēliēs fēliet fēliēmus fēliētis fēlient
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fēliam fēliās fēliat fēliāmus fēliātis fēliant
imperfect fēlīrem fēlīrēs fēlīret fēlīrēmus fēlīrētis fēlīrent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — fēlī — — fēlīte —
future — fēlītō fēlītō — fēlītōte fēliuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present fēlīre — fēliēns —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
fēliendī fēliendō fēliendum fēliendō — —

Descendants

  • → French: félir

References

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