"-ere" meaning in Latin

See -ere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [ˈɛ.rɛ] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɛː.re] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *-ezi, from Proto-Indo-European *-esi, locative case of action nouns, which end in *-os in the nominative. Similar to Ancient Greek -ειν (-ein) < *-ehen, which comes from an alternative locative case form, *-esen. Note adverbial temere. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|ine-pro:*-os&lt;id:noun suffix&gt;|id=verb suffix}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*-ezi}} Proto-Italic *-ezi, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-os|*-esi}} Proto-Indo-European *-esi, {{cog|grc|-ειν}} Ancient Greek -ειν (-ein) Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form}} -ere
  1. present active infinitive of -ō (third conjugation) Tags: active, form-of, infinitive, morpheme, present Form of: -ō (extra: third conjugation) Derived forms: -āre, -ēre, -īre
    Sense id: en--ere-la-suffix-a~g~9Xmk Categories (other): Latin entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: [ˈeː.rɛ] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɛː.re] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: -ēre [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *-ēzi, in which z changed into r due to rhotacism. Formed by analogy with the short-vowel ending -ere for the Proto-Italic and Latin second conjugation (Etymology 1 above). Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form|head=-ēre}} -ēre
  1. present active infinitive of -eō (second conjugation) Tags: active, form-of, infinitive, morpheme, present Form of: -eō (extra: second conjugation)
    Sense id: en--ere-la-suffix-z6Zy7Hd8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: [ˈeː.rɛ] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɛː.re] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: -ēre [canonical], -ēris [alternative]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form|head=-ēre}} -ēre
  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of -ō (first conjugation) Tags: form-of, morpheme, passive, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive Form of: -ō (extra: first conjugation)
    Sense id: en--ere-la-suffix-2q1n6bF7
  2. second-person singular present passive indicative of -eō (second conjugation) Tags: form-of, indicative, morpheme, passive, present, second-person, singular Form of: -eō (extra: second conjugation)
    Sense id: en--ere-la-suffix-H8~zUiCy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Italic -ēri, third person plural perfect active ending. Head templates: {{head|la|suffix}} -ere
  1. Used for the third person present perfect plural form of any regular verb. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ere-la-suffix-xxjWKmsC Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 22 8 22 9 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4
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