convinco

Italian

Verb

convinco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of convincere

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ vincō (conquer, win).

Pronunciation

Verb

convincō (present infinitive convincere, perfect active convīcī, supine convictum); third conjugation

  1. to convince
    Synonyms: persuādeō, suādeō, perdūcō, admoneō, trahō, perpellō, flectō
  2. to conquer, establish
  3. to convict, find guilty
    Hoc factum tē convincit mendāciī.
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Conjugation

Derived terms

Forms derived from this verb have a short -i-. The spellings coincide with forms derived from convīvor, which have a long -ī-.

Descendants

  • Catalan: convèncer
  • English: convince
  • French: convaincre
  • Friulian: convinci
  • Italian: convincere
  • Piedmontese: convince
  • Portuguese: convencer
  • Romanian: convinge
  • Romansch: cunventscher, conventscher
  • Sardinian: cumbínchere, cumbinci, cumbínghere, cunvinci, cunvínciri
  • Sicilian: cummìnciri
  • Spanish: convencer
  • Venetan: convinçer, convinser, convinçar

References

  • convinco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • convinco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • convinco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.