adhaereo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + haereō (“cleave, cling”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    adhaereō (present infinitive adhaerēre, perfect active adhaesī, supine adhaesum); second conjugation, no passive

    1. to cleave or stick to
    2. (figuratively) to cling to, adhere to
    3. (figuratively) to be close to (a person or thing), be near to, hang on, keep close to
    4. (figuratively) to trail, drag after; to be the last

    Conjugation

    • This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
       Conjugation of adhaereō (second conjugation, no passive)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present adhaereō adhaerēs adhaeret adhaerēmus adhaerētis adhaerent
    imperfect adhaerēbam adhaerēbās adhaerēbat adhaerēbāmus adhaerēbātis adhaerēbant
    future adhaerēbō adhaerēbis adhaerēbit adhaerēbimus adhaerēbitis adhaerēbunt
    perfect adhaesī adhaesistī adhaesit adhaesimus adhaesistis adhaesērunt,
    adhaesēre
    pluperfect adhaeseram adhaeserās adhaeserat adhaeserāmus adhaeserātis adhaeserant
    future perfect adhaeserō adhaeseris adhaeserit adhaeserimus adhaeseritis adhaeserint
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present adhaeream adhaereās adhaereat adhaereāmus adhaereātis adhaereant
    imperfect adhaerērem adhaerērēs adhaerēret adhaerērēmus adhaerērētis adhaerērent
    perfect adhaeserim adhaeserīs adhaeserit adhaeserīmus adhaeserītis adhaeserint
    pluperfect adhaesissem adhaesissēs adhaesisset adhaesissēmus adhaesissētis adhaesissent
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — adhaerē — — adhaerēte —
    future — adhaerētō adhaerētō — adhaerētōte adhaerentō
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present adhaerēre — adhaerēns —
    future adhaesūrum esse — adhaesūrus —
    perfect adhaesisse — — —
    perfect potential adhaesūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    adhaerendī adhaerendō adhaerendum adhaerendō adhaesum adhaesū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: adherir
    • English: adhere
    • → French: adhérer
    • Galician: adherir
    • Italian: aderire
    • Old French: aerdre, aherdre
      • Middle French: aherdre, adherdre
        • French: aherdre (dialectal), ahers (dialectal, Burgundy)
      • Norman: aherdre (Pays de Bray, Pays de Caux)
      • Picard: aerde
    • Portuguese: aderir
    • Spanish: adherir

    References

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