cohaereo

Latin

Alternative forms

• cohēreō

Etymology

From con- +‎ haereō (“cleave, cling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koˈhae̯.re.oː/, [koˈ(ɦ)äe̯reoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈe.re.o/, [koˈɛːreo]

Verb

cohaereō (present infinitive cohaerēre, perfect active cohaesī, supine cohaesum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to cling, cleave or stick cling (closely) together; to be united, cohere, adhere
2. to be composed of, consist of or in
3. (of persons) to be near, close or united
4. (in discourse) to be closely connected, belong together
5. (in thought) to be consistent (with), agree (together), to be in agreement (with), harmonize (with)
6. to hold oneself together, maintain oneself, remain, exist
7. to be in contact with or contiguous to

Conjugation

Conjugation of cohaereō (second conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cohaereō	cohaerēs	cohaeret	cohaerēmus	cohaerētis	cohaerent
	imperfect	cohaerēbam	cohaerēbās	cohaerēbat	cohaerēbāmus	cohaerēbātis	cohaerēbant
	future	cohaerēbō	cohaerēbis	cohaerēbit	cohaerēbimus	cohaerēbitis	cohaerēbunt
	perfect	cohaesī	cohaesistī	cohaesit	cohaesimus	cohaesistis	cohaesērunt, cohaesēre
	pluperfect	cohaeseram	cohaeserās	cohaeserat	cohaeserāmus	cohaeserātis	cohaeserant
	future perfect	cohaeserō	cohaeseris	cohaeserit	cohaeserimus	cohaeseritis	cohaeserint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cohaeream	cohaereās	cohaereat	cohaereāmus	cohaereātis	cohaereant
	imperfect	cohaerērem	cohaerērēs	cohaerēret	cohaerērēmus	cohaerērētis	cohaerērent
	perfect	cohaeserim	cohaeserīs	cohaeserit	cohaeserīmus	cohaeserītis	cohaeserint
	pluperfect	cohaesissem	cohaesissēs	cohaesisset	cohaesissēmus	cohaesissētis	cohaesissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cohaerē	—	—	cohaerēte	—
	future	—	cohaerētō	cohaerētō	—	cohaerētōte	cohaerentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cohaerēre	cohaesisse	cohaesūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		cohaerēns	—	cohaesūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cohaerendī	cohaerendō	cohaerendum	cohaerendō	cohaesum	cohaesū

Derived terms

• cohaerēns
• cohaerenter
• cohaerentia
• cohaerēscō
• cohaesus

Related terms

• adhaereō
• haereō
• inhaereō

Descendants

• English: cohere, cohesure
• Portuguese: coerir

References

• “cohaereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cohaereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cohaereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be closely connected with a thing: cohaerere, coniunctum esse cum aliqua re
    
  • to be very intimately related: apte (aptissime) cohaerere