neco

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nek (“death, natural death”); see also Welsh angeu (“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish ec, Latin noxius (“harmful”), Latin nocere (“to hurt, harm”), Latin necis (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors), Old Persian vi-nathayatiy (“he injures”), Avestan nasyeiti (“disappears”), nasu- (“corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈne.koː/

• Audio (Classical)

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Verb

present active necō, present infinitive necāre, perfect active necāvī, supine necātum.

1. I kill, murder.
2. (figuratively) I thwart, check.

Inflection

First Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	necō	necās	necat	necāmus	necātis	necant
	future	necābō	necābis	necābit	necābimus	necābitis	necābunt
	imperfect	necābam	necābās	necābat	necābāmus	necābātis	necābant
	perfect	necāvī	necāvistī	necāvit	necāvimus	necāvistis	necāvērunt
	future perfect	necāverō	necāveris	necāverit	necāverimus	necāveritis	necāverint
	pluperfect	necāveram	necāverās	necāverat	necāverāmus	necāverātis	necāverant
passive	present	necor	necāris	necātur	necāmur	necāminī	necantur
	future	necābor	necāberis	necābitur	necābimur	necābiminī	necābuntur
	imperfect	necābar	necābāris	necābātur	necābāmur	necābāminī	necābantur
	perfect	Use necātus m, necāta f, necātum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use necātus m, necāta f, necātum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use necātus m, necāta f, necātum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	necem	necēs	necet	necēmus	necētis	necent
	imperfect	necārem	necārēs	necāret	necārēmus	necārētis	necārent
	perfect	necāverim	necāverīs	necāverit	necāverīmus	necāverītis	necāverint
	pluperfect	necāvissem	necāvissēs	necāvisset	necāvissēmus	necāvissētis	necāvissent
passive	present	necer	necēris	necētur	necēmur	necēminī	necentur
	imperfect	necārer	necārēris	necārētur	necārēmur	necārēminī	necārentur
	perfect	Use necātus m, necāta f, necātum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use necātus m, necāta f, necātum 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	necā	necātō	necātō	necāre	necātor	necātor
	plural	necāte	necātōte	necantō	necāminī	—	necantor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		necāre	necāvisse	necātūrus esse	necārī	necātus esse	necātum īrī
participles		necāns (necantis)	—	necātūrus-ra, -rum	—	necātus-a, -um	necandus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• necātor
• necātrix
• pernecō

Descendants

Aromanian: nec, necare Anglo-Norman: neier French: noyer Italian: annegare

Old French: noier Portuguese: anegar Romanian: îneca Spanish: anegar