plecto
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *plektō, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, weave”). Cognate with Latin plicō, Ancient Greek πλέκω (plékō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplek.toː/, [ˈpɫɛk.toː]
Verb
plectō (present infinitive plectere, perfect active plexī, supine plexum); third conjugation
- I plait, weave, braid
- I twist, bend, turn
Conjugation
- The third principal part (and its forms) may be either plexī or plexuī.
| Conjugation of plectō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | plectō | plectis | plectit | plectimus | plectitis | plectunt |
| imperfect | plectēbam | plectēbās | plectēbat | plectēbāmus | plectēbātis | plectēbant | |
| future | plectam | plectēs | plectet | plectēmus | plectētis | plectent | |
| perfect | plexī | plexistī | plexit | pleximus | plexistis | plexērunt, plexēre | |
| pluperfect | plexeram | plexerās | plexerat | plexerāmus | plexerātis | plexerant | |
| future perfect | plexerō | plexeris | plexerit | plexerimus | plexeritis | plexerint | |
| passive | present | plector | plecteris, plectere | plectitur | plectimur | plectiminī | plectuntur |
| imperfect | plectēbar | plectēbāris, plectēbāre | plectēbātur | plectēbāmur | plectēbāminī | plectēbantur | |
| future | plectar | plectēris, plectēre | plectētur | plectēmur | plectēminī | plectentur | |
| perfect | plexus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | plexus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | plexus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | plectam | plectās | plectat | plectāmus | plectātis | plectant |
| imperfect | plecterem | plecterēs | plecteret | plecterēmus | plecterētis | plecterent | |
| perfect | plexerim | plexerīs | plexerit | plexerīmus | plexerītis | plexerint | |
| pluperfect | plexissem | plexissēs | plexisset | plexissēmus | plexissētis | plexissent | |
| passive | present | plectar | plectāris, plectāre | plectātur | plectāmur | plectāminī | plectantur |
| imperfect | plecterer | plecterēris, plecterēre | plecterētur | plecterēmur | plecterēminī | plecterentur | |
| perfect | plexus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | plexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | plecte | — | — | plectite | — |
| future | — | plectitō | plectitō | — | plectitōte | plectuntō | |
| passive | present | — | plectere | — | — | plectiminī | — |
| future | — | plectitor | plectitor | — | — | plectuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | plectere | plexisse | plexūrum esse | plectī | plexum esse | plexum īrī | |
| participles | plectēns | — | plexūrus | — | plexus | plectendus, plectundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| plectendī | plectendō | plectendum | plectendō | plexum | plexū | ||
Derived terms
- amplector
- circumplecto/ circumplector
- complecto/ complector
- implecto
- plecta
- plectilis
- plexus
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-. Cognate with plangō, plāga, and Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō), πλήττω (plḗttō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpleːk.toː/, [ˈpɫeːk.toː]
Verb
plēctō (present infinitive plēctere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- I punish; I beat
- I blame
Conjugation
| Conjugation of plēctō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | plēctō | plēctis | plēctit | plēctimus | plēctitis | plēctunt |
| imperfect | plēctēbam | plēctēbās | plēctēbat | plēctēbāmus | plēctēbātis | plēctēbant | |
| future | plēctam | plēctēs | plēctet | plēctēmus | plēctētis | plēctent | |
| passive | present | plēctor | plēcteris, plēctere | plēctitur | plēctimur | plēctiminī | plēctuntur |
| imperfect | plēctēbar | plēctēbāris, plēctēbāre | plēctēbātur | plēctēbāmur | plēctēbāminī | plēctēbantur | |
| future | plēctar | plēctēris, plēctēre | plēctētur | plēctēmur | plēctēminī | plēctentur | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | plēctam | plēctās | plēctat | plēctāmus | plēctātis | plēctant |
| imperfect | plēcterem | plēcterēs | plēcteret | plēcterēmus | plēcterētis | plēcterent | |
| passive | present | plēctar | plēctāris, plēctāre | plēctātur | plēctāmur | plēctāminī | plēctantur |
| imperfect | plēcterer | plēcterēris, plēcterēre | plēcterētur | plēcterēmur | plēcterēminī | plēcterentur | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | plēcte | — | — | plēctite | — |
| future | — | plēctitō | plēctitō | — | plēctitōte | plēctuntō | |
| passive | present | — | plēctere | — | — | plēctiminī | — |
| future | — | plēctitor | plēctitor | — | — | plēctuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | plēctere | — | — | plēctī | — | — | |
| participles | plēctēns | — | — | — | — | plēctendus, plēctundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| plēctendī | plēctendō | plēctendum | plēctendō | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- plectibilis
- plēctor
- plēctripotēns
- plēctrum
References
- plecto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- plecto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- plecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette