excogito

Latin

Etymology

ex- +‎ cōgitō

Pronunciation

Verb

excōgitō (present infinitive excōgitāre, perfect active excōgitāvī, supine excōgitātum); first conjugation

  1. to contrive, devise or invent (by thinking)
  2. to think up or create out of nothing

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: excogitate
  • French: excogiter
  • Italian: escogitare
  • Piedmontese: escogité
  • Spanish: excogitar

References

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