ingero

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“in, on”) +‎ gerō (“carry, wear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ɡe.roː/, [ˈɪŋɡɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.d͡ʒe.ro/, [ˈin̠ʲd͡ʒero]

Verb

ingerō (present infinitive ingerere, perfect active ingessī, supine ingestum); third conjugation

1. to carry, pour or throw in or into
2. to heap or pile (up)
3. to inflict or obtrude
4. to complain, inveigh

Conjugation

Conjugation of ingerō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ingerō	ingeris	ingerit	ingerimus	ingeritis	ingerunt
	imperfect	ingerēbam	ingerēbās	ingerēbat	ingerēbāmus	ingerēbātis	ingerēbant
	future	ingeram	ingerēs	ingeret	ingerēmus	ingerētis	ingerent
	perfect	ingessī	ingessistī	ingessit	ingessimus	ingessistis	ingessērunt, ingessēre
	pluperfect	ingesseram	ingesserās	ingesserat	ingesserāmus	ingesserātis	ingesserant
	future perfect	ingesserō	ingesseris	ingesserit	ingesserimus	ingesseritis	ingesserint
passive	present	ingeror	ingereris, ingerere	ingeritur	ingerimur	ingeriminī	ingeruntur
	imperfect	ingerēbar	ingerēbāris, ingerēbāre	ingerēbātur	ingerēbāmur	ingerēbāminī	ingerēbantur
	future	ingerar	ingerēris, ingerēre	ingerētur	ingerēmur	ingerēminī	ingerentur
	perfect	ingestus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ingestus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ingestus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ingeram	ingerās	ingerat	ingerāmus	ingerātis	ingerant
	imperfect	ingererem	ingererēs	ingereret	ingererēmus	ingererētis	ingererent
	perfect	ingesserim	ingesserīs	ingesserit	ingesserīmus	ingesserītis	ingesserint
	pluperfect	ingessissem	ingessissēs	ingessisset	ingessissēmus	ingessissētis	ingessissent
passive	present	ingerar	ingerāris, ingerāre	ingerātur	ingerāmur	ingerāminī	ingerantur
	imperfect	ingererer	ingererēris, ingererēre	ingererētur	ingererēmur	ingererēminī	ingererentur
	perfect	ingestus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ingestus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ingere	—	—	ingerite	—
	future	—	ingeritō	ingeritō	—	ingeritōte	ingeruntō
passive	present	—	ingerere	—	—	ingeriminī	—
	future	—	ingeritor	ingeritor	—	—	ingeruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ingerere	ingessisse	ingestūrum esse	ingerī	ingestum esse	ingestum īrī
participles		ingerēns	—	ingestūrus	—	ingestus	ingerendus, ingerundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ingerendī	ingerendō	ingerendum	ingerendō	ingestum	ingestū

Descendants

• Asturian: inxerir
• English: ingest
• French: ingérer
• Italian: ingerire
• Spanish: ingerir
• Portuguese: ingerir

References

• “ingero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ingero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ingero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to discharge showers of missiles: tela ingerere, conicere