percalleo

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ calleō (“understand”), from callum (“hardened skin; callousness”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈkal.le.oː/, [pɛrˈkälːʲeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈkal.le.o/, [perˈkälːeo]

Verb

percalleō (present infinitive percallēre, perfect active percalluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (transitive) to know or understand well

Conjugation

Conjugation of percalleō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	percalleō	percallēs	percallet	percallēmus	percallētis	percallent
	imperfect	percallēbam	percallēbās	percallēbat	percallēbāmus	percallēbātis	percallēbant
	future	percallēbō	percallēbis	percallēbit	percallēbimus	percallēbitis	percallēbunt
	perfect	percalluī	percalluistī	percalluit	percalluimus	percalluistis	percalluērunt, percalluēre
	pluperfect	percallueram	percalluerās	percalluerat	percalluerāmus	percalluerātis	percalluerant
	future perfect	percalluerō	percallueris	percalluerit	percalluerimus	percallueritis	percalluerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	percalleam	percalleās	percalleat	percalleāmus	percalleātis	percalleant
	imperfect	percallērem	percallērēs	percallēret	percallērēmus	percallērētis	percallērent
	perfect	percalluerim	percalluerīs	percalluerit	percalluerīmus	percalluerītis	percalluerint
	pluperfect	percalluissem	percalluissēs	percalluisset	percalluissēmus	percalluissētis	percalluissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	percallē	—	—	percallēte	—
	future	—	percallētō	percallētō	—	percallētōte	percallentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		percallēre	percalluisse	—	—	—	—
participles		percallēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		percallendī	percallendō	percallendum	percallendō	—	—

Related terms

• calleō

See also

• percallēscō

References

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