incero
See also: incerò
Italian
Verb
incero
- first-person singular present indicative of incerare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
in- + cērō (“to cover with wax”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋˈkeː.roː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛː.ro]
Verb
incērō (present infinitive incērāre, supine incērātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem
- (transitive) to cover over with wax
- genua deorum incērāre ― (literally) to smear the knees of the gods with constant embraces and kisses; to be persistent in prayers, or (an alternative explanation) to attach wax tablets containing written prayers to the knees of the statues of gods
Conjugation
Conjugation of incērō (first conjugation, no perfect stem)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | incērō | incērās | incērat | incērāmus | incērātis | incērant | ||||||
| imperfect | incērābam | incērābās | incērābat | incērābāmus | incērābātis | incērābant | |||||||
| future | incērābō | incērābis | incērābit | incērābimus | incērābitis | incērābunt | |||||||
| passive | present | incēror | incērāris, incērāre |
incērātur | incērāmur | incērāminī | incērantur | ||||||
| imperfect | incērābar | incērābāris, incērābāre |
incērābātur | incērābāmur | incērābāminī | incērābantur | |||||||
| future | incērābor | incērāberis, incērābere |
incērābitur | incērābimur | incērābiminī | incērābuntur | |||||||
| perfect | incērātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | incērātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| future perfect | incērātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | incērem | incērēs | incēret | incērēmus | incērētis | incērent | ||||||
| imperfect | incērārem | incērārēs | incērāret | incērārēmus | incērārētis | incērārent | |||||||
| passive | present | incērer | incērēris, incērēre |
incērētur | incērēmur | incērēminī | incērentur | ||||||
| imperfect | incērārer | incērārēris, incērārēre |
incērārētur | incērārēmur | incērārēminī | incērārentur | |||||||
| perfect | incērātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | incērātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | incērā | — | — | incērāte | — | ||||||
| future | — | incērātō | incērātō | — | incērātōte | incērantō | |||||||
| passive | present | — | incērāre | — | — | incērāminī | — | ||||||
| future | — | incērātor | incērātor | — | — | incērantor | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | incērāre | incērārī | incērāns | — | |||||||||
| future | incērātūrum esse | incērātum īrī | incērātūrus | incērandus | |||||||||
| perfect | — | incērātum esse | — | incērātus | |||||||||
| future perfect | — | incērātum fore | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | incērātūrum fuisse | — | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| incērandī | incērandō | incērandum | incērandō | incērātum | incērātū | ||||||||
References
- “incero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers