coniveo

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

connīveō

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *konkneiɣʷēō, equivalent to con- +‎ *nīveō, from earlier *kneiɣʷējō, from Proto-Italic *kneiɣʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to bend, to droop”).

Cognate with nicō, nictō, nītor (“to bear or rest upon something”), and with Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /koːˈniː.u̯e.oː/, [koːˈniːu̯eoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈni.ve.o/, [koˈniːveo]

Verb edit

cōnīveō (present infinitive cōnīvēre, perfect active cōnīvī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

to close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink
to overlook, connive or turn a blind eye

Conjugation edit

The third principal part may also be cōnīxī.

Conjugation of cōnīveō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnīveō	cōnīvēs	cōnīvet	cōnīvēmus	cōnīvētis	cōnīvent
	imperfect	cōnīvēbam	cōnīvēbās	cōnīvēbat	cōnīvēbāmus	cōnīvēbātis	cōnīvēbant
	future	cōnīvēbō	cōnīvēbis	cōnīvēbit	cōnīvēbimus	cōnīvēbitis	cōnīvēbunt
	perfect	cōnīvī	cōnīvistī	cōnīvit	cōnīvimus	cōnīvistis	cōnīvērunt, cōnīvēre
	pluperfect	cōnīveram	cōnīverās	cōnīverat	cōnīverāmus	cōnīverātis	cōnīverant
	future perfect	cōnīverō	cōnīveris	cōnīverit	cōnīverimus	cōnīveritis	cōnīverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnīveam	cōnīveās	cōnīveat	cōnīveāmus	cōnīveātis	cōnīveant
	imperfect	cōnīvērem	cōnīvērēs	cōnīvēret	cōnīvērēmus	cōnīvērētis	cōnīvērent
	perfect	cōnīverim	cōnīverīs	cōnīverit	cōnīverīmus	cōnīverītis	cōnīverint
	pluperfect	cōnīvissem	cōnīvissēs	cōnīvisset	cōnīvissēmus	cōnīvissētis	cōnīvissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnīvē	—	—	cōnīvēte	—
active	future	—	cōnīvētō	cōnīvētō	—	cōnīvētōte	cōnīventō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnīvēre	cōnīvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		cōnīvēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnīvendī	cōnīvendō	cōnīvendum	cōnīvendō	—	—

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

English: connive
French: conniver

References edit

“coniveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“coniveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
coniveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN