coaxo

Latin

Alternative forms

• quaxō

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koˈak.soː/, [koˈäks̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈak.so/, [koˈäkso]

Verb

coaxō (present infinitive coaxāre, perfect active coaxāvī, supine coaxātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. (intransitive) to croak (make sound of a frog)
   • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 2 94:

     Cum prīmum fārī coepisset, in avītō suburbānō obstrepentīs forte rānās silēre iussit, atque ex eō negantur ibi rānae coaxāre.

     When he first started to speak, he ordered the frogs that happened to be making a great noise in the country place of his grandfather, and from then on frogs are said not to croak there.

Conjugation

Conjugation of coaxō (first conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	coaxō	coaxās	coaxat	coaxāmus	coaxātis	coaxant
	imperfect	coaxābam	coaxābās	coaxābat	coaxābāmus	coaxābātis	coaxābant
	future	coaxābō	coaxābis	coaxābit	coaxābimus	coaxābitis	coaxābunt
	perfect	coaxāvī	coaxāvistī	coaxāvit	coaxāvimus	coaxāvistis	coaxāvērunt, coaxāvēre
	pluperfect	coaxāveram	coaxāverās	coaxāverat	coaxāverāmus	coaxāverātis	coaxāverant
	future perfect	coaxāverō	coaxāveris	coaxāverit	coaxāverimus	coaxāveritis	coaxāverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	coaxem	coaxēs	coaxet	coaxēmus	coaxētis	coaxent
	imperfect	coaxārem	coaxārēs	coaxāret	coaxārēmus	coaxārētis	coaxārent
	perfect	coaxāverim	coaxāverīs	coaxāverit	coaxāverīmus	coaxāverītis	coaxāverint
	pluperfect	coaxāvissem	coaxāvissēs	coaxāvisset	coaxāvissēmus	coaxāvissētis	coaxāvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	coaxā	—	—	coaxāte	—
	future	—	coaxātō	coaxātō	—	coaxātōte	coaxantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		coaxāre	coaxāvisse	coaxātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		coaxāns	—	coaxātūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		coaxandī	coaxandō	coaxandum	coaxandō	coaxātum	coaxātū

Derived terms

• coaxātus

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koˈak.soː/, [koˈäks̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈak.so/, [koˈäkso]

Verb

coaxō (present infinitive coaxāre, perfect active coaxāvī, supine coaxātum); first conjugation

1. Alternative form of coassō

Conjugation

Conjugation of coaxō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	coaxō	coaxās	coaxat	coaxāmus	coaxātis	coaxant
	imperfect	coaxābam	coaxābās	coaxābat	coaxābāmus	coaxābātis	coaxābant
	future	coaxābō	coaxābis	coaxābit	coaxābimus	coaxābitis	coaxābunt
	perfect	coaxāvī	coaxāvistī	coaxāvit	coaxāvimus	coaxāvistis	coaxāvērunt, coaxāvēre
	pluperfect	coaxāveram	coaxāverās	coaxāverat	coaxāverāmus	coaxāverātis	coaxāverant
	future perfect	coaxāverō	coaxāveris	coaxāverit	coaxāverimus	coaxāveritis	coaxāverint
passive	present	coaxor	coaxāris, coaxāre	coaxātur	coaxāmur	coaxāminī	coaxantur
	imperfect	coaxābar	coaxābāris, coaxābāre	coaxābātur	coaxābāmur	coaxābāminī	coaxābantur
	future	coaxābor	coaxāberis, coaxābere	coaxābitur	coaxābimur	coaxābiminī	coaxābuntur
	perfect	coaxātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	coaxātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	coaxātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	coaxem	coaxēs	coaxet	coaxēmus	coaxētis	coaxent
	imperfect	coaxārem	coaxārēs	coaxāret	coaxārēmus	coaxārētis	coaxārent
	perfect	coaxāverim	coaxāverīs	coaxāverit	coaxāverīmus	coaxāverītis	coaxāverint
	pluperfect	coaxāvissem	coaxāvissēs	coaxāvisset	coaxāvissēmus	coaxāvissētis	coaxāvissent
passive	present	coaxer	coaxēris, coaxēre	coaxētur	coaxēmur	coaxēminī	coaxentur
	imperfect	coaxārer	coaxārēris, coaxārēre	coaxārētur	coaxārēmur	coaxārēminī	coaxārentur
	perfect	coaxātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	coaxātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	coaxā	—	—	coaxāte	—
	future	—	coaxātō	coaxātō	—	coaxātōte	coaxantō
passive	present	—	coaxāre	—	—	coaxāminī	—
	future	—	coaxātor	coaxātor	—	—	coaxantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		coaxāre	coaxāvisse	coaxātūrum esse	coaxārī	coaxātum esse	coaxātum īrī
participles		coaxāns	—	coaxātūrus	—	coaxātus	coaxandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		coaxandī	coaxandō	coaxandum	coaxandō	coaxātum	coaxātū

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Verb

coaxo

1. first-person singular present indicative of coaxar