pertineo
Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through”) + teneō (“I hold”). Confer, on composition and meaning, with the later formed perteneō (“to hold constantly”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈti.ne.oː/, [pɛrˈt̪ɪneoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈti.ne.o/, [perˈt̪iːneo]
Verb
pertineō (present infinitive pertinēre, perfect active pertinuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I extend, stretch out, reach, matter
- Caesar, de Bello Gallico I, 1:
- Aquitania a Garumna flumine ad Pyrenaeos montes et eam partem Oceani quae est ad Hispaniam pertinet; spectat inter occasum solis et septentriones.
- Aquitania extends from the river Garonne to the Pyrenaean mountains and to that part of the ocean which is near Spain: it looks between the setting of the sun, and the north star.
- Aquitania a Garumna flumine ad Pyrenaeos montes et eam partem Oceani quae est ad Hispaniam pertinet; spectat inter occasum solis et septentriones.
- I belong, relate, pertain, have concern
- I have a tendency to, tend to
- I am the property of, belong to; I am attributable to
Usage notes
The verb takes the preposition ad, very rarely in or per, governing the Accusative.
Conjugation
Conjugation of pertineō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | pertineō | pertinēs | pertinet | pertinēmus | pertinētis | pertinent |
imperfect | pertinēbam | pertinēbās | pertinēbat | pertinēbāmus | pertinēbātis | pertinēbant | |
future | pertinēbō | pertinēbis | pertinēbit | pertinēbimus | pertinēbitis | pertinēbunt | |
perfect | pertinuī | pertinuistī | pertinuit | pertinuimus | pertinuistis | pertinuērunt, pertinuēre | |
pluperfect | pertinueram | pertinuerās | pertinuerat | pertinuerāmus | pertinuerātis | pertinuerant | |
future perfect | pertinuerō | pertinueris | pertinuerit | pertinuerimus | pertinueritis | pertinuerint | |
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | pertineam | pertineās | pertineat | pertineāmus | pertineātis | pertineant |
imperfect | pertinērem | pertinērēs | pertinēret | pertinērēmus | pertinērētis | pertinērent | |
perfect | pertinuerim | pertinuerīs | pertinuerit | pertinuerīmus | pertinuerītis | pertinuerint | |
pluperfect | pertinuissem | pertinuissēs | pertinuisset | pertinuissēmus | pertinuissētis | pertinuissent | |
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | pertinē | — | — | pertinēte | — |
future | — | pertinētō | pertinētō | — | pertinētōte | pertinentō | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | pertinēre | pertinuisse | — | — | — | — | |
participles | pertinēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
pertinendī | pertinendō | pertinendum | pertinendō | — | — |
Derived terms
- appertineō
- pertinēns
- pertinenter
Related terms
- abstineō
- attineō
- circumteneō
- contineō
- dētineō
- distineō
- obtineō
- retineō
- sustineō
- teneō
- trānstineō
Descendants
- Asturian: pertener, pertenecer
- Catalan: pertànyer (in part)
- → English: pertain
- Galician: pertencer
- Italian: pertenere
- Old Catalan: pertenir
- Portuguese: pertencer
- Sicilian: pirtèniri
- Spanish: pertenecer, pertener
- → Welsh: perthyn
References
- “pertineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pertineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pertineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the territory of this race extends as far as the Rhine: haec gens pertinet usque ad Rhenum
- to be essentially important to a thing: pertinere ad aliquid
- a wise man is in no way affected by this: hoc nihil ad sapientem pertinet
- a suspicion falls on some one: suspicio (alicuius rei) cadit in aliquem, pertinet ad aliquem
- the necessaries of life: quae ad victum pertinent
- the territory of this race extends as far as the Rhine: haec gens pertinet usque ad Rhenum