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
- T
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...STEPH. Date mihi locum, ubi accumbam, amabo, siquidem placeo. STICH. Tun mihi? STEPH. Cupio cum utroque. STICH..." - T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Exempla edepol faciam ego in te. TR. Quia placeo, exemplum expetis? TH. Loquere: quoius modi reliqui, quom hinc..." - T
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ubiquomquest lepidum unguentum, unguor, Vt illi placeam: et placeo, ut uideor. sed uxor me excruciat, quia uiuit. Tristem..." - P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...itane tandem facere oportet? {Do.} sic sum: si placeo, utere. {An.} sicin hunc decipis? {Do.} immo enimvero, Antipho..." - P
Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...experiundo ut essem; refero denuo. primo actu placeo; quom interea rumor venit datum iri gladiatores, populu' convolat, tumultuantur..." - M
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..." - P
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..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fieri placeret. Quae cum reiecta relatio esset, "non placeo" inquit, "concordiae auctor. Optabitis, mediusfidius, propediem, ut mei similes..."