Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/agō

(Redirected from Appendix:Proto-Italic/agō)
This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from the root *h₂eǵ- (to drive).

Verb edit

*agō first-singular present indicative[1]

  1. to drive
  2. to push, impel
  3. to do, act

Inflection edit

Inflection of *agō (third conjugation)
Present *agō
Perfect *ēgai
Past participle *aktos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *agō *agōr
2nd sing. *ages *agezo
3rd sing. *aget *agetor
1st plur. *agomos *agomor
2nd plur. *agetes *agem(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *agont *agontor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *agām *agār
2nd sing. *agās *agāzo
3rd sing. *agād *agātor
1st plur. *agāmos *agāmor
2nd plur. *agātes *agām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *agānd *agāntor
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing. *ēgai
2nd sing. *ēgistai
3rd sing. *ēge(d)
1st plur. *ēgomos
2nd plur. *ēgistes
3rd plur. *ēgēri
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *age *agezo
2nd plur. *agete
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *agetōd
Participles Present Past
*agents *aktos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*aktum *agezi

Descendants edit

  • Latin: agō (see there for further descendants), -igō
  • Faliscan: aged
  • Oscan: actud[2]
  • Umbrian: aitu[2]

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “agō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 30–31
  2. 2.0 2.1 Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 29