contribuo
Latin
Etymology
From con- + tribuō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈtri.bu.oː/, [kɔnˈtrɪ.bʊ.oː]
Verb
contribuō (present infinitive contribuere, perfect active contribuī, supine contributum); third conjugation
- I join, incorporate, unite
- c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 15:
- Horum te mori nemo coget, omnes docebunt; horum nemo annos tuos conteret, suos tibi contribuet; nullius ex his sermo periculosus erit, nullius amicitia capitalis, nullius sumptuosa obseruatio.
- No one of these will force you to die, but all will teach you how to die; no one of these will wear out your years, but each will add his own years to yours; conversations with no one of these will bring you peril, the friendship of none will endanger your life, the courting of none will tax your purse.
- Horum te mori nemo coget, omnes docebunt; horum nemo annos tuos conteret, suos tibi contribuet; nullius ex his sermo periculosus erit, nullius amicitia capitalis, nullius sumptuosa obseruatio.
Inflection
Conjugation of contribuo (third conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | contribuō | contribuis | contribuit | contribuimus | contribuitis | contribuunt |
imperfect | contribuēbam | contribuēbās | contribuēbat | contribuēbāmus | contribuēbātis | contribuēbant | |
future | contribuam | contribuēs | contribuet | contribuēmus | contribuētis | contribuent | |
perfect | contribuī | contribuistī | contribuit | contribuimus | contribuistis | contribuērunt, contribuēre | |
pluperfect | contribueram | contribuerās | contribuerat | contribuerāmus | contribuerātis | contribuerant | |
future perfect | contribuerō | contribueris | contribuerit | contribuerimus | contribueritis | contribuerint | |
passive | present | contribuor | contribueris, contribuere | contribuitur | contribuimur | contribuiminī | contribuuntur |
imperfect | contribuēbar | contribuēbāris, contribuēbāre | contribuēbātur | contribuēbāmur | contribuēbāminī | contribuēbantur | |
future | contribuar | contribuēris, contribuēre | contribuētur | contribuēmur | contribuēminī | contribuentur | |
perfect | contributus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | contributus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | contributus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | contribuam | contribuās | contribuat | contribuāmus | contribuātis | contribuant |
imperfect | contribuerem | contribuerēs | contribueret | contribuerēmus | contribuerētis | contribuerent | |
perfect | contribuerim | contribuerīs | contribuerit | contribuerimus | contribueritis | contribuerint | |
pluperfect | contribuissem | contribuissēs | contribuisset | contribuissēmus | contribuissētis | contribuissent | |
passive | present | contribuar | contribuāris, contribuāre | contribuātur | contribuāmur | contribuāminī | contribuantur |
imperfect | contribuerer | contribuerēris, contribuerēre | contribuerētur | contribuerēmur | contribuerēminī | contribuerentur | |
perfect | contributus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | contributus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | contribue | — | — | contribuite | — |
future | — | contribuitō | contribuitō | — | contribuitōte | contribuuntō | |
passive | present | — | contribuere | — | — | contribuiminī | — |
future | — | contribuitor | contribuitor | — | — | contribuuntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | contribuere | contribuisse | contributūrus esse | contribuī | contributus esse | contributum īrī | |
participles | contribuēns | — | contributūrus | — | contributus | contribuendus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
contribuere | contribuendī | contribuendō | contribuendum | contributum | contributū |
Descendants
- Catalan: contribuir
- English: contribute
- French: contribuer
- Italian: contribuire
- Portuguese: contribuir
- Spanish: contribuir
References
- contribuo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contribuo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contribuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Verb
contribuo
- first-person singular present indicative of contribuir