reticeo
Latin
Etymology
From re- + taceō (“I am silent”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈti.ke.oː/, [rɛˈtɪ.ke.oː]
Verb
reticeō (present infinitive reticēre, perfect active reticuī); second conjugation, limited passive
- (intransitive) I am silent, keep silent.
- (with dative) I refrain from answering.
- (transitive) I keep silent or secret, conceal.
Inflection
- This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
| Conjugation of reticeo (second conjugation, 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 | |
| perfect | — | — | reticuitus est | — | — | reticuitī sunt | |
| pluperfect | — | — | reticuitus erat | — | — | reticuitī erant | |
| future perfect | — | — | reticuitus erit | — | — | reticuitī erunt | |
| 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 | reticuerimus | reticueritis | reticuerint | |
| pluperfect | reticuissem | reticuissēs | reticuisset | reticuissēmus | reticuissētis | reticuissent | |
| passive | present | — | — | reticeātur | — | — | reticeantur |
| imperfect | — | — | reticērētur | — | — | reticērentur | |
| perfect | — | — | reticuitus sit | — | — | reticuitī sint | |
| pluperfect | — | — | reticuitus esset, foret | — | — | reticuitī essent, forent | |
| 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 | reticuitūrus esse | reticērī | reticuitus esse | reticuitum īrī | |
| participles | reticēns | — | reticuitūrus | — | reticuitus | reticendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| reticēre | reticendī | reticendō | reticendum | reticuitum | reticuitū | ||
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