laudaverint

Laudaverint is the third-person plural form of the Latin verb laudo in the present perfect subjunctive mood (perfect active subjunctive). It is produced from the perfect stem laudaver- and uses the subjunctive ending -erint for the third person plural. The related forms in the same mood are laudaverim, laudaveris, laudaverit, laudaverimus, and laudaveritis.

As a present perfect subjunctive form, laudaverint appears in subordinate clauses and is used to express potential, doubt, wish, or reported action within certain tense sequences. It commonly occurs after verbs of saying, hoping, commanding, fearing, or in indirect discourse, where the sequence of tenses governs its time reference relative to the main verb.

Translations of laudaverint depend on context. It is typically rendered as "that they may have praised" or, in some contexts, "that they have praised," reflecting the hedged or hypothetical nuance of the subjunctive.

Example usage: Dicit eos laudaverint. This can be translated as "He says that they may have praised" (or "that they have praised"), illustrating a typical indirect discourse construction with the perfect subjunctive.

Laudaverint should be distinguished from the other present perfect subjunctive forms of laudo (such as laudaverim, laudaveris, laudaverit, laudaverimus, laudaveritis), which differ in person and number. In Classical Latin, the choice among these forms depends on the subject of the subordinate clause and the intended time reference in the narrative.