fletus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of fleō (“I weep, cry”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfleː.tus/, [ˈfɫeː.tʊs]

Noun

flētus m (genitive flētūs); fourth declension

  1. weeping, crying
  2. tears

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative flētus flētūs
Genitive flētūs flētuum
Dative flētuī flētibus
Accusative flētum flētūs
Ablative flētū flētibus
Vocative flētus flētūs

Participle

flētus m (feminine flēta, neuter flētum); first/second declension

  1. having been wept for
  2. having been grieved for

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative flētus flēta flētum flētī flētae flēta
Genitive flētī flētae flētī flētōrum flētārum flētōrum
Dative flētō flētae flētō flētīs flētīs flētīs
Accusative flētum flētam flētum flētōs flētās flēta
Ablative flētō flētā flētō flētīs flētīs flētīs
Vocative flēte flēta flētum flētī flētae flēta

References
  • fletus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fletus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fletus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • with many tears: magno cum fletu
    • (ambiguous) to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: fletum cohibere non posse
    • (ambiguous) to move to tears: lacrimas or fletum alicui movere
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