tongeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tongēō, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”).

Pronunciation

Verb

tongeō (present infinitive tongēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (transitive, rare) to know
    Synonyms: agnōscō, cognōscō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, scīscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, inveniō, cernō, audiō
    Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō
    • 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 357, line 3:
      Tongēre nōsse est, nam Praenestīnī tongitiōnem dīcunt nōtiōnem. Ennius: “Aliī rhētorica tongent.”
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation
   Conjugation of tongeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tongeō tongēs tonget tongēmus tongētis tongent
imperfect tongēbam tongēbās tongēbat tongēbāmus tongēbātis tongēbant
future tongēbō tongēbis tongēbit tongēbimus tongēbitis tongēbunt
passive present tongeor tongēris,
tongēre		 tongētur tongēmur tongēminī tongentur
imperfect tongēbar tongēbāris,
tongēbāre		 tongēbātur tongēbāmur tongēbāminī tongēbantur
future tongēbor tongēberis,
tongēbere		 tongēbitur tongēbimur tongēbiminī tongēbuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tongeam tongeās tongeat tongeāmus tongeātis tongeant
imperfect tongērem tongērēs tongēret tongērēmus tongērētis tongērent
passive present tongear tongeāris,
tongeāre		 tongeātur tongeāmur tongeāminī tongeantur
imperfect tongērer tongērēris,
tongērēre		 tongērētur tongērēmur tongērēminī tongērentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — tongē — — tongēte —
future — tongētō tongētō — tongētōte tongentō
passive present — tongēre — — tongēminī —
future — tongētor tongētor — — tongentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tongēre — — tongērī — —
participles tongēns — — — — tongendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
tongendī tongendō tongendum tongendō — —

Derived terms

References
  • tongĕo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,581/3.
  • “tongeō” on page 1,948/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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