placeo, placere, placui, placitus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · variant: 1st · Takes dative
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
please, satisfy, give pleasure to (with dat.);
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | placeo | placemus |
| 2 | places | placetis |
| 3 | placet | placent |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | placere |
| active | perfect | placuisse |
| passive | present | placeri |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | place | placete |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | placeto | placetote |
| 3 | placeto | placento |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | placere | placemini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | placetor | — |
| 3 | placetor | placentor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | placitus | placiti |
| Gen. | placiti | placitorum |
| Dat. | placito | — |
| Acc. | placitum | placitos |
| Voc. | placite | placiti |
| Abl. | placito | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | placita | placitae |
| Gen. | placitae | placitarum |
| Dat. | placitae | — |
| Acc. | placitam | placitas |
| Voc. | placita | placitae |
| Abl. | placita | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | placitum | placita |
| Gen. | placiti | placitorum |
| Dat. | placito | — |
| Acc. | placitum | placita |
| Voc. | placitum | placita |
| Abl. | placito | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | placendus | — |
| Gen. | placendi | — |
| Dat. | placendo | — |
| Acc. | placendum | — |
| Voc. | placende | — |
| Abl. | placendo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | placenda | — |
| Gen. | placendae | — |
| Dat. | placendae | — |
| Acc. | placendam | — |
| Voc. | placenda | — |
| Abl. | placenda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | placendum | — |
| Gen. | placendi | — |
| Dat. | placendo | — |
| Acc. | placendum | — |
| Voc. | placendum | — |
| Abl. | placendo | — |
Supines
accusative: placitum; ablative: placitu
Examples
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...STEPH. Date mihi locum, ubi accumbam, amabo, siquidem placeo. STICH. Tun mihi? STEPH. Cupio cum utroque. STICH..."Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Exempla edepol faciam ego in te. TR. Quia placeo, exemplum expetis? TH. Loquere: quoius modi reliqui, quom hinc..."Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ubiquomquest lepidum unguentum, unguor, Vt illi placeam: et placeo, ut uideor. sed uxor me excruciat, quia uiuit. Tristem..."Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...itane tandem facere oportet? {Do.} sic sum: si placeo, utere. {An.} sicin hunc decipis? {Do.} immo enimvero, Antipho..."Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...experiundo ut essem; refero denuo. primo actu placeo; quom interea rumor venit datum iri gladiatores, populu' convolat, tumultuantur..."Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...terris si nos arcere parabas.an tantum in fluctus placeo comes?' haec ubi frustraeffudit, prima pendet tamen anxia puppe..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...quae Callimachi prae nostris rustica dicat carmina—cui placeo, protinus ipsa placet. est etiam, quae me vatem..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fieri placeret. Quae cum reiecta relatio esset, "non placeo" inquit, "concordiae auctor. Optabitis, mediusfidius, propediem, ut mei similes..."