flete
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fleo, flere, flevi, fletus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
cry for; cry, weep;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Caelia, quaeris, Pannyche? Volt futui Caelia nec parere. Flete nefas uestrum sed toto flete Lucrino, Naides, et luctus..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...deis lugendo facias, aduoca in planctus genus. Flete, Alcmenae magnique Iouis plangite natum, cui concepto lux una perit..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...MINISTRAS DEDICAT, AT NUPER VILE FUISTIS ACER.' XII Flete meos casus—tristes rediere tabellae infelix hodie littera posse..."