cuneo

See also: Cuneo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cuneus, whence also Italian conio (an inherited doublet).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ne.o/
• Rhymes: -uneo
• Hyphenation: cù‧ne‧o

Noun

cuneo m (plural cunei)

1. wedge

Related terms

• cuneato
• incuneare

Anagrams

• nocue, nuoce

Latin

Etymology

From cuneus (“wedge”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ne.oː/, [ˈkʊneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ne.o/, [ˈkuːneo]

Verb

cuneō (present infinitive cuneāre, perfect active cuneāvī, supine cuneātum); first conjugation

1. to wedge in, secure by wedging, force in like a wedge

Conjugation

Conjugation of cuneō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cuneō	cuneās	cuneat	cuneāmus	cuneātis	cuneant
	imperfect	cuneābam	cuneābās	cuneābat	cuneābāmus	cuneābātis	cuneābant
	future	cuneābō	cuneābis	cuneābit	cuneābimus	cuneābitis	cuneābunt
	perfect	cuneāvī	cuneāvistī	cuneāvit	cuneāvimus	cuneāvistis	cuneāvērunt, cuneāvēre
	pluperfect	cuneāveram	cuneāverās	cuneāverat	cuneāverāmus	cuneāverātis	cuneāverant
	future perfect	cuneāverō	cuneāveris	cuneāverit	cuneāverimus	cuneāveritis	cuneāverint
passive	present	cuneor	cuneāris, cuneāre	cuneātur	cuneāmur	cuneāminī	cuneantur
	imperfect	cuneābar	cuneābāris, cuneābāre	cuneābātur	cuneābāmur	cuneābāminī	cuneābantur
	future	cuneābor	cuneāberis, cuneābere	cuneābitur	cuneābimur	cuneābiminī	cuneābuntur
	perfect	cuneātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cuneātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cuneātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cuneem	cuneēs	cuneet	cuneēmus	cuneētis	cuneent
	imperfect	cuneārem	cuneārēs	cuneāret	cuneārēmus	cuneārētis	cuneārent
	perfect	cuneāverim	cuneāverīs	cuneāverit	cuneāverīmus	cuneāverītis	cuneāverint
	pluperfect	cuneāvissem	cuneāvissēs	cuneāvisset	cuneāvissēmus	cuneāvissētis	cuneāvissent
passive	present	cuneer	cuneēris, cuneēre	cuneētur	cuneēmur	cuneēminī	cuneentur
	imperfect	cuneārer	cuneārēris, cuneārēre	cuneārētur	cuneārēmur	cuneārēminī	cuneārentur
	perfect	cuneātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cuneātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cuneā	—	—	cuneāte	—
	future	—	cuneātō	cuneātō	—	cuneātōte	cuneantō
passive	present	—	cuneāre	—	—	cuneāminī	—
	future	—	cuneātor	cuneātor	—	—	cuneantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cuneāre	cuneāvisse	cuneātūrum esse	cuneārī	cuneātum esse	cuneātum īrī
participles		cuneāns	—	cuneātūrus	—	cuneātus	cuneandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cuneandī	cuneandō	cuneandum	cuneandō	cuneātum	cuneātū

Derived terms

• cuneātus
• discuneō
• incuneō

Descendants

• Old French:
  • French: cogner
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Portuguese: cunhar
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: cuñar
• Sicilian: cugnari
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *incuneō, *incuneāre
  • Eastern Romance:
    • Romanian: încuia
  • Old Occitan:
    • Catalan: encunyar
  • Sicilian: ncugnari
  • → Albanian: ngujoj (possibly)

References

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

Spanish

Verb

cuneo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cunear