conticeo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ taceō (“I am silent”).

Pronunciation

Verb

conticeō (present infinitive conticēre, perfect active conticuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to be silent or still
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.429–430:
      nox ubi iam mediā est somnōque silentia praebet,
      et canis et variae conticuistis avēs, [...].
      When midnight now is come, and provides stillness for sleep,
      and [you], dog, and [you], varied birds, are silent [...].
      (“conticuistis” is the indicative active perfect second-person plural: “you (plural) are silent” or “silenced”)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of conticeō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conticeō conticēs conticet conticēmus conticētis conticent
imperfect conticēbam conticēbās conticēbat conticēbāmus conticēbātis conticēbant
future conticēbō conticēbis conticēbit conticēbimus conticēbitis conticēbunt
perfect conticuī conticuistī conticuit conticuimus conticuistis conticuērunt,
conticuēre
pluperfect conticueram conticuerās conticuerat conticuerāmus conticuerātis conticuerant
future perfect conticuerō conticueris conticuerit conticuerimus conticueritis conticuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conticeam conticeās conticeat conticeāmus conticeātis conticeant
imperfect conticērem conticērēs conticēret conticērēmus conticērētis conticērent
perfect conticuerim conticuerīs conticuerit conticuerīmus conticuerītis conticuerint
pluperfect conticuissem conticuissēs conticuisset conticuissēmus conticuissētis conticuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — conticē — — conticēte —
future — conticētō conticētō — conticētōte conticentō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present conticēre — conticēns —
perfect conticuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
conticendī conticendō conticendum conticendō — —

Derived terms

References

  • “conticeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conticeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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