Latin edit

Etymology edit

From con- +‎ taceō (I am silent).

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Verb edit

conticeō (present infinitive conticēre, perfect active conticuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to be silent or still
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.429–430:
      nox ubi iam mediā est somnōque silentia praebet,
      et canis et variae conticuistis avēs, [...].
      When midnight now is come, and provides stillness for sleep,
      and [you], dog, and [you], varied birds, are silent [...].

      (“conticuistis” is the indicative active perfect second-person plural: “you (plural) are silent” or “silenced”)

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of conticeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conticeō conticēs conticet conticēmus conticētis conticent
imperfect conticēbam conticēbās conticēbat conticēbāmus conticēbātis conticēbant
future conticēbō conticēbis conticēbit conticēbimus conticēbitis conticēbunt
perfect conticuī conticuistī conticuit conticuimus conticuistis conticuērunt,
conticuēre
pluperfect conticueram conticuerās conticuerat conticuerāmus conticuerātis conticuerant
future perfect conticuerō conticueris conticuerit conticuerimus conticueritis conticuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conticeam conticeās conticeat conticeāmus conticeātis conticeant
imperfect conticērem conticērēs conticēret conticērēmus conticērētis conticērent
perfect conticuerim conticuerīs conticuerit conticuerīmus conticuerītis conticuerint
pluperfect conticuissem conticuissēs conticuisset conticuissēmus conticuissētis conticuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conticē conticēte
future conticētō conticētō conticētōte conticentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives conticēre conticuisse
participles conticēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
conticendī conticendō conticendum conticendō

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References edit

  • conticeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conticeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette