coniuro

Latin

Etymology

From con- (with, together) +‎ iūrō (swear or take an oath), from iūs (law, right, duty).

Pronunciation

Verb

coniūrō (present infinitive coniūrāre, perfect active coniūrāvī, supine coniūrātum); first conjugation

  1. (intransitive) to swear together, band, combine or join together by oath, unite
  2. (intransitive) to form a conspiracy, plot, conspire

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: conjurar
  • English: conjure
  • French: conjurer
  • Galician: conxurar
  • Italian: congiurare
  • Portuguese: conjurar
  • Romanian: conjura
  • Spanish: conjurar

References

  • coniuro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conjuro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to form a conspiracy: coniurare (inter se) de c. Gerund. or ut...