Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-. Cognate to Ancient Greek κινέω (kineō, “I move, I set in motion”) .
Pronunciation [edit]
present active cieō, present infinitive ciēre, perfect active cīvī, supine citum.
- I put in motion; move, stir, shake.
- I summon, call.
- I call upon (by name) for help, invoke, appeal to.
- I rouse, stimulate, excite; disturb; produce, cause, begin, provoke.
Inflection [edit]
| indicative |
singular |
plural |
| first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
| active |
present |
cieō |
ciēs |
ciet |
ciēmus |
ciētis |
cient |
| future |
ciēbō |
ciēbis |
ciēbit |
ciēbimus |
ciēbitis |
ciēbunt |
| imperfect |
ciēbam |
ciēbās |
ciēbat |
ciēbāmus |
ciēbātis |
ciēbant |
| perfect |
cīvī |
cīvistī |
cīvit |
cīvimus |
cīvistis |
cīvērunt |
| future perfect |
cīverō |
cīveris |
cīverit |
cīverimus |
cīveritis |
cīverint |
| pluperfect |
cīveram |
cīverās |
cīverat |
cīverāmus |
cīverātis |
cīverant |
| passive |
present |
cieor |
ciēris |
ciētur |
ciēmur |
ciēminī |
cientur |
| future |
ciēbor |
ciēberis |
ciēbitur |
ciēbimur |
ciēbiminī |
ciēbuntur |
| imperfect |
ciēbar |
ciēbāris |
ciēbātur |
ciēbāmur |
ciēbāminī |
ciēbantur |
| perfect |
Use citus m, cita f, citum n followed by the present indicative of sum. |
| future perfect |
Use citus m, cita f, citum n followed by the future indicative of sum. |
| pluperfect |
Use citus m, cita f, citum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum. |
| subjunctive |
singular |
plural |
| first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
| active |
present |
cieam |
cieās |
cieat |
cieāmus |
cieātis |
cieant |
| imperfect |
ciērem |
ciērēs |
ciēret |
ciērēmus |
ciērētis |
ciērent |
| perfect |
cīverim |
cīverīs |
cīverit |
cīverīmus |
cīverītis |
cīverint |
| pluperfect |
cīvissem |
cīvissēs |
cīvisset |
cīvissēmus |
cīvissētis |
cīvissent |
| passive |
present |
ciear |
cieāris |
cieātur |
cieāmur |
cieāminī |
cieantur |
| imperfect |
ciērer |
ciērēris |
ciērētur |
ciērēmur |
ciērēminī |
ciērentur |
| perfect |
Use citus m, cita f, citum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum. |
| pluperfect |
Use citus m, cita f, citum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum. |
| imperatives |
active |
passive |
| present (you) |
future (you) |
future (he/she) |
present (you) |
future (you) |
future (he/she) |
|
singular |
ciē |
ciētō |
ciētō |
ciēre |
ciētor |
ciētor |
| plural |
ciēte |
ciētōte |
cientō |
ciēminī |
— |
cientor |
|
present |
perfect |
future |
present |
perfect |
future |
| infinitives |
ciēre |
cīvisse |
citūrus esse |
ciērī |
citus esse |
citum īrī |
| participles |
ciēns (cientis) |
— |
citūrus-ra, -rum |
— |
citus-a, -um |
ciendus-nda, -ndum |
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- cieo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879