Relegeres

Relegeres is a Latin verb form, not a standalone word in ordinary use. It represents the second-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of relegere, a third-conjugation verb meaning to read carefully, to gather, or to collect.

Etymology and meaning: Relegere is formed from the prefix re- plus legere (to read, to choose, to gather). In classical Latin, the sense ranges from reading thoroughly to collecting or reassembling. The imperfect active subjunctive mood expresses potential, hypothetical, or contingent action in the past.

Form and usage: Relegeres appears in subordinate clauses where a past-time potential or a hypothetical action is intended. In Latin grammar, the imperfect active subjunctive for a third-conjugation verb like relegere yields forms such as relegerem, relegeres, relegeret, relegeremus, relegeretis, relegent; specifically, the second-person singular is relegeres. Translation varies with context and is commonly rendered as “you would read” or “that you would read.” This form is typical in conditional or optative constructions, in clauses of purpose or result, and in reported or indirect discourse within past-tense narration.

Morphology: Principal parts of relegere are relego, relegere, relectum. The imperfect active subjunctive is built on the present stem releg-, with endings -erem, -eres, -eret, -eremus, -eretis, -erent, yielding relegerem, relegeres, relegeret, relegeremus, relegeretis, relegent for other persons.

See also: relegere, Latin grammar, subjunctive mood.

Notes: Relegeres is a specialized form encountered in Latin texts and linguistic descriptions; its use depends on mood, tense, and clause type rather than standing as a common lexical item.