investigo

See also: investigó and investigò

Catalan

Verb

investigo

first-person singular present indicative of investigar

Galician

Verb

investigo

first-person singular present indicative of investigar

Italian

Verb

investigo

first-person singular present indicative of investigare

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ vestīgō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.wɛsˈtiː.ɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱ.vesˈt̪iː.ɡo]

Verb

investīgō (present infinitive investīgāre, perfect active investīgāvī, supine investīgātum); first conjugation

to track or trace out, search after
to discover, investigate, search into
Synonyms: scīscitor, quaerō, scīscō, scrūtor, percontor, indāgō, conquīrō, requīrō, interrogō, explōrō

Conjugation

Conjugation of investīgō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	investīgō	investīgās		investīgat	investīgāmus	investīgātis		investīgant
	imperfect	investīgābam	investīgābās		investīgābat	investīgābāmus	investīgābātis		investīgābant
	future	investīgābō	investīgābis		investīgābit	investīgābimus	investīgābitis		investīgābunt
	perfect	investīgāvī	investīgāvistī		investīgāvit	investīgāvimus	investīgāvistis		investīgāvērunt, investīgāvēre
	pluperfect	investīgāveram	investīgāverās		investīgāverat	investīgāverāmus	investīgāverātis		investīgāverant
	future perfect	investīgāverō	investīgāveris		investīgāverit	investīgāverimus	investīgāveritis		investīgāverint
passive	present	investīgor	investīgāris, investīgāre		investīgātur	investīgāmur	investīgāminī		investīgantur
	imperfect	investīgābar	investīgābāris, investīgābāre		investīgābātur	investīgābāmur	investīgābāminī		investīgābantur
	future	investīgābor	investīgāberis, investīgābere		investīgābitur	investīgābimur	investīgābiminī		investīgābuntur
	perfect	investīgātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	investīgātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	investīgātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	investīgem	investīgēs		investīget	investīgēmus	investīgētis		investīgent
	imperfect	investīgārem	investīgārēs		investīgāret	investīgārēmus	investīgārētis		investīgārent
	perfect	investīgāverim	investīgāverīs		investīgāverit	investīgāverīmus	investīgāverītis		investīgāverint
	pluperfect	investīgāvissem	investīgāvissēs		investīgāvisset	investīgāvissēmus	investīgāvissētis		investīgāvissent
passive	present	investīger	investīgēris, investīgēre		investīgētur	investīgēmur	investīgēminī		investīgentur
	imperfect	investīgārer	investīgārēris, investīgārēre		investīgārētur	investīgārēmur	investīgārēminī		investīgārentur
	perfect	investīgātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	investīgātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	investīgā		—	—	investīgāte		—
active	future	—	investīgātō		investīgātō	—	investīgātōte		investīgantō
passive	present	—	investīgāre		—	—	investīgāminī		—
passive	future	—	investīgātor		investīgātor	—	—		investīgantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		investīgāre		investīgārī		investīgāns		—
future		investīgātūrum esse		investīgātum īrī		investīgātūrus		investīgandus
perfect		investīgāvisse		investīgātum esse		—		investīgātus
future perfect		—		investīgātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		investīgātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		investīgandī	investīgandō		investīgandum	investīgandō	investīgātum		investīgātū

Derived terms

investīgātor

Descendants

Old French: envestier
- → Middle English: vesteien
Old Occitan: envestigar
- Old Catalan: envestigar
- Occitan: envestigar
→ English: investigate
→ Middle French: investigier, investiger, investiguer
- French: investiguer
→ Galician: investigar
→ Italian: investigare
→ Old Occitan: investigar
- Catalan: investigar
- Occitan: investigar
→ Portuguese: investigar
→ Romanian: investiga
→ Spanish: investigar

References

“investigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“investigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
investigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “investigate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Portuguese

Verb

investigo

first-person singular present indicative of investigar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /imbesˈtiɡo/ [ĩm.besˈt̪i.ɣ̞o]
Rhymes: -iɡo
Syllabification: in‧ves‧ti‧go

Verb

investigo

first-person singular present indicative of investigar