vulneremus

Vulneremus is a Latin verb form derived from vulnero, vulnerare, vulneravi, vulneratum, meaning to wound or injure. In standard Latin grammar, vulneremus is the present subjunctive first-person plural of vulnerare, and it is commonly encountered in hortatory or deliberative clauses. Because the classical notation uses a long vowel in the stem for this form, it is often written as vulnerēmus in properly accented text; in plain ASCII readings it is frequently transcribed as vulneremus.

Grammatically, vulneremus functions to express exhortation or intent, roughly translating to “let us wound” or, in some contexts, “we may wound.” It appears in clauses urging collective action or shared purpose, particularly in rhetorical or poetic passages. The form belongs to the first conjugation, with the characteristic subjunctive endings that mark mood rather than time.

Usage and context vary by author and era, but vulneremus is typically found in classical Latin texts that employ the hortatory subjunctive to motivate a group. It is not a common everyday form in late-period Latin writing, yet it serves as a standard example of the present subjunctive in the first plural for first-conjugation verbs.

See also: vulnero, vulnerare, vulneravi, vulneratum, Latin verb forms, hortatory subjunctive.