interpungo

Italian

Verb

interpungo

1. first-person singular present indicative of interpungere

Latin

Etymology

inter (“between”) +‎ pungō (“I prick, puncture, or sting”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.terˈpun.ɡoː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈpʊŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈpun.ɡo/, [in̪t̪erˈpuŋɡo]

Verb

interpungō (present infinitive interpungere, perfect active interpūnxī, supine interpūnctum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to place points between words, to point or punctuate

Conjugation

Conjugation of interpungō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interpungō	interpungis	interpungit	interpungimus	interpungitis	interpungunt
	imperfect	interpungēbam	interpungēbās	interpungēbat	interpungēbāmus	interpungēbātis	interpungēbant
	future	interpungam	interpungēs	interpunget	interpungēmus	interpungētis	interpungent
	perfect	interpūnxī	interpūnxistī	interpūnxit	interpūnximus	interpūnxistis	interpūnxērunt, interpūnxēre
	pluperfect	interpūnxeram	interpūnxerās	interpūnxerat	interpūnxerāmus	interpūnxerātis	interpūnxerant
	future perfect	interpūnxerō	interpūnxeris	interpūnxerit	interpūnxerimus	interpūnxeritis	interpūnxerint
passive	present	interpungor	interpungeris, interpungere	interpungitur	interpungimur	interpungiminī	interpunguntur
	imperfect	interpungēbar	interpungēbāris, interpungēbāre	interpungēbātur	interpungēbāmur	interpungēbāminī	interpungēbantur
	future	interpungar	interpungēris, interpungēre	interpungētur	interpungēmur	interpungēminī	interpungentur
	perfect	interpūnctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interpūnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interpūnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interpungam	interpungās	interpungat	interpungāmus	interpungātis	interpungant
	imperfect	interpungerem	interpungerēs	interpungeret	interpungerēmus	interpungerētis	interpungerent
	perfect	interpūnxerim	interpūnxerīs	interpūnxerit	interpūnxerīmus	interpūnxerītis	interpūnxerint
	pluperfect	interpūnxissem	interpūnxissēs	interpūnxisset	interpūnxissēmus	interpūnxissētis	interpūnxissent
passive	present	interpungar	interpungāris, interpungāre	interpungātur	interpungāmur	interpungāminī	interpungantur
	imperfect	interpungerer	interpungerēris, interpungerēre	interpungerētur	interpungerēmur	interpungerēminī	interpungerentur
	perfect	interpūnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interpūnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	interpunge	—	—	interpungite	—
	future	—	interpungitō	interpungitō	—	interpungitōte	interpunguntō
passive	present	—	interpungere	—	—	interpungiminī	—
	future	—	interpungitor	interpungitor	—	—	interpunguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		interpungere	interpūnxisse	interpūnctūrum esse	interpungī	interpūnctum esse	interpūnctum īrī
participles		interpungēns	—	interpūnctūrus	—	interpūnctus	interpungendus, interpungundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		interpungendī	interpungendō	interpungendum	interpungendō	interpūnctum	interpūnctū

Derived terms

• interpunctiō
• interpunctum
• interpunctus

Descendants

• Dutch: interpunkteren
• English: interpoint (through Old French), interpunct
• French: entrepoindre
• German: interpungieren
• Italian: interpungere
• Swedish: interpunktera

References

• “interpungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• interpungo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 845/1.