pecto
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέκω (pékō, “comb or card wool”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpek.toː/, [ˈpɛk.toː]
Verb
pectō (present infinitive pectere, perfect active pēxī, supine pexum); third conjugation
- I comb.
- (of wool) I card, heckle, comb.
- (by extension) I hoe, weed.
- (figuratively) I give someone a thrashing, thrash.
Inflection
| Conjugation of pecto (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | pectō | pectis | pectit | pectimus | pectitis | pectunt |
| imperfect | pectēbam | pectēbās | pectēbat | pectēbāmus | pectēbātis | pectēbant | |
| future | pectam | pectēs | pectet | pectēmus | pectētis | pectent | |
| perfect | pexī | pexistī | pexit | peximus | pexistis | pexērunt, pexēre | |
| pluperfect | pexeram | pexerās | pexerat | pexerāmus | pexerātis | pexerant | |
| future perfect | pexerō | pexeris | pexerit | pexerimus | pexeritis | pexerint | |
| passive | present | pector | pecteris, pectere | pectitur | pectimur | pectiminī | pectuntur |
| imperfect | pectēbar | pectēbāris, pectēbāre | pectēbātur | pectēbāmur | pectēbāminī | pectēbantur | |
| future | pectar | pectēris, pectēre | pectētur | pectēmur | pectēminī | pectentur | |
| perfect | pexus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | pexus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | pexus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | pectam | pectās | pectat | pectāmus | pectātis | pectant |
| imperfect | pecterem | pecterēs | pecteret | pecterēmus | pecterētis | pecterent | |
| perfect | pexerim | pexerīs | pexerit | pexerimus | pexeritis | pexerint | |
| pluperfect | pexissem | pexissēs | pexisset | pexissēmus | pexissētis | pexissent | |
| passive | present | pectar | pectāris, pectāre | pectātur | pectāmur | pectāminī | pectantur |
| imperfect | pecterer | pecterēris, pecterēre | pecterētur | pecterēmur | pecterēminī | pecterentur | |
| perfect | pexus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | pexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | pecte | — | — | pectite | — |
| future | — | pectitō | pectitō | — | pectitōte | pectuntō | |
| passive | present | — | pectere | — | — | pectiminī | — |
| future | — | pectitor | pectitor | — | — | pectuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | pectere | pexisse | pexūrus esse | pectī | pexus esse | pexum īrī | |
| participles | pectēns | — | pexūrus | — | pexus | pectendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| pectere | pectendī | pectendō | pectendum | pexum | pexū | ||
The third and fourth principal parts, pexī and pexum, can be written as pexuī and pectitum, respectively, and hence all of their verb forms as such.
Derived terms
- dēpectō
- pectiō
- pectitus
- pexus
- repectō
Related terms
- pecten
- pectinārius
- pectinātim
- pectinātor
- pectinātus
- pectinō
- pectunculus
References
- pecto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pecto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette