Latin edit

Etymology edit

con- +‎ *quinisco, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- (to flee); compare quaccola (quail).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

conquinīscō (present infinitive conquinīscere, perfect active conquēxī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to crouch down, squat

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of conquinīscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conquinīscō conquinīscis conquinīscit conquinīscimus conquinīscitis conquinīscunt
imperfect conquinīscēbam conquinīscēbās conquinīscēbat conquinīscēbāmus conquinīscēbātis conquinīscēbant
future conquinīscam conquinīscēs conquinīscet conquinīscēmus conquinīscētis conquinīscent
perfect conquēxī conquēxistī conquēxit conquēximus conquēxistis conquēxērunt,
conquēxēre
pluperfect conquēxeram conquēxerās conquēxerat conquēxerāmus conquēxerātis conquēxerant
future perfect conquēxerō conquēxeris conquēxerit conquēxerimus conquēxeritis conquēxerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conquinīscam conquinīscās conquinīscat conquinīscāmus conquinīscātis conquinīscant
imperfect conquinīscerem conquinīscerēs conquinīsceret conquinīscerēmus conquinīscerētis conquinīscerent
perfect conquēxerim conquēxerīs conquēxerit conquēxerīmus conquēxerītis conquēxerint
pluperfect conquēxissem conquēxissēs conquēxisset conquēxissēmus conquēxissētis conquēxissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conquinīsce conquinīscite
future conquinīscitō conquinīscitō conquinīscitōte conquinīscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives conquinīscere conquēxisse
participles conquinīscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
conquinīscendī conquinīscendō conquinīscendum conquinīscendō

Related terms edit

References edit

  • con-quĭnisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “conquinīscō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 131