complaceo

Latin

Alternative forms

• conplaceō

Etymology

From con- +‎ placeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈpɫa.ke.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈplaː.t͡ʃe.o]

Verb

complaceō (present infinitive complacēre, perfect active complacuī or complacitus sum, supine complacitum); second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent, no imperative

1. to please or take the fancy of

Conjugation

   Conjugation of complaceō (second conjugation, optionally semi-deponent, no imperative)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	complaceō		complacēs		complacet		complacēmus		complacētis		complacent
	imperfect	complacēbam		complacēbās		complacēbat		complacēbāmus		complacēbātis		complacēbant
	future	complacēbō		complacēbis		complacēbit		complacēbimus		complacēbitis		complacēbunt
	perfect	complacuī, complacitus sum		complacuistī, complacitus es		complacuit, complacitus est		complacuimus, complacitī sumus		complacuistis, complacitī estis		complacuērunt, complacuēre, complacitī sunt
	pluperfect	complacueram, complacitus eram		complacuerās, complacitus erās		complacuerat, complacitus erat		complacuerāmus, complacitī erāmus		complacuerātis, complacitī erātis		complacuerant, complacitī erant
	future perfect	complacuerō, complacitus erō		complacueris, complacitus eris		complacuerit, complacitus erit		complacuerimus, complacitī erimus		complacueritis, complacitī eritis		complacuerint, complacitī erint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	complaceam		complaceās		complaceat		complaceāmus		complaceātis		complaceant
	imperfect	complacērem		complacērēs		complacēret		complacērēmus		complacērētis		complacērent
	perfect	complacuerim, complacitus sim		complacuerīs, complacitus sīs		complacuerit, complacitus sit		complacuerīmus, complacitī sīmus		complacuerītis, complacitī sītis		complacuerint, complacitī sint
	pluperfect	complacuissem, complacitus essem		complacuissēs, complacitus essēs		complacuisset, complacitus esset		complacuissēmus, complacitī essēmus		complacuissētis, complacitī essētis		complacuissent, complacitī essent
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		complacēre			—			complacēns			—
future		complacitūrum esse			—			complacitūrus			complacendus
perfect		complacuisse, complacitum esse			—			complacitus			—
future perfect		complacitum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		complacitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		complacendī		complacendō		complacendum		complacendō		complacitum		complacitū

Derived terms

• complacens

Descendants

• Catalan: complaure
• English: complease
• French: complaire
• Galician: compracer
• Italian: compiacere
• Portuguese: comprazer
• Romanian: complăcea
• Spanish: complacer

References

• “complaceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “complaceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “complaceo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.