reticeo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ taceō (“I am silent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈti.ke.oː/, [rɛˈt̪ɪkeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈti.t͡ʃe.o/, [reˈt̪iːt͡ʃeo]

Verb

reticeō (present infinitive reticēre, perfect active reticuī); second conjugation, no supine stem, limited passive

1. (intransitive) to be silent, keep silent
2. (with dative) to refrain from answering
3. (transitive) to keep silent or secret, conceal

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Conjugation of reticeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, only third-person forms in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	reticeō	reticēs	reticet	reticēmus	reticētis	reticent
	imperfect	reticēbam	reticēbās	reticēbat	reticēbāmus	reticēbātis	reticēbant
	future	reticēbō	reticēbis	reticēbit	reticēbimus	reticēbitis	reticēbunt
	perfect	reticuī	reticuistī	reticuit	reticuimus	reticuistis	reticuērunt, reticuēre
	pluperfect	reticueram	reticuerās	reticuerat	reticuerāmus	reticuerātis	reticuerant
	future perfect	reticuerō	reticueris	reticuerit	reticuerimus	reticueritis	reticuerint
passive	present	—	—	reticētur	—	—	reticentur
	imperfect	—	—	reticēbātur	—	—	reticēbantur
	future	—	—	reticēbitur	—	—	reticēbuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	reticeam	reticeās	reticeat	reticeāmus	reticeātis	reticeant
	imperfect	reticērem	reticērēs	reticēret	reticērēmus	reticērētis	reticērent
	perfect	reticuerim	reticuerīs	reticuerit	reticuerīmus	reticuerītis	reticuerint
	pluperfect	reticuissem	reticuissēs	reticuisset	reticuissēmus	reticuissētis	reticuissent
passive	present	—	—	reticeātur	—	—	reticeantur
	imperfect	—	—	reticērētur	—	—	reticērentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	reticē	—	—	reticēte	—
	future	—	reticētō	reticētō	—	reticētōte	reticentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		reticēre	reticuisse	—	reticērī	—	—
participles		reticēns	—	—	—	—	reticendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		reticendī	reticendō	reticendum	reticendō	—	—

Derived terms

• reticēns
• reticentia

Related terms

• conticeō
• obticeō
• taceō

Descendants

• Italian: reticere
• Spanish: reticer

References

• “reticeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “reticeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• reticeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.