coeo
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈko.e.oː/, [ˈkoeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.e.o/, [ˈkɔːeo]
Verb
coeō (present infinitive coīre, perfect active coiī or coīvī, supine coitum); irregular conjugation, irregular
- I assemble, meet, come together.
- in triclinio coeam, in cubiculo nolam ― I meet (you) at the table but I won’t at the dormitory
- I encounter, come up against.
- I copulate, have sex
- I join, ally with.
- I unite, come together as a whole.
- I mass together, ball up, curdle.
Conjugation
Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The second principal part is most often contracted to coiī, but occasionally appears as coīvī.
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “coeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers