appropinquo

See also: appropinquò

Italian

Verb

appropinquo

1. first-person singular present indicative of appropinquarsi

Latin

Alternative forms

• adpropinquō

Etymology

From ad- (“towards”) +‎ propinquō (“draw near”), verbalization of propinquus (“near”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ap.proˈpin.kʷoː/, [äpːrɔˈpɪŋkʷoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.proˈpin.kwo/, [äpːroˈpiŋkwo]

Verb

appropinquō (present infinitive appropinquāre, perfect active appropinquāvī, supine appropinquātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive, with dative) to approach, come near to

   Synonym: appropiō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.18:

     Cum iam muro turres appropinquassent

     when the towers approached the wall

Conjugation

Conjugation of appropinquō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	appropinquō	appropinquās	appropinquat	appropinquāmus	appropinquātis	appropinquant
	imperfect	appropinquābam	appropinquābās	appropinquābat	appropinquābāmus	appropinquābātis	appropinquābant
	future	appropinquābō	appropinquābis	appropinquābit	appropinquābimus	appropinquābitis	appropinquābunt
	perfect	appropinquāvī	appropinquāvistī	appropinquāvit	appropinquāvimus	appropinquāvistis	appropinquāvērunt, appropinquāvēre
	pluperfect	appropinquāveram	appropinquāverās	appropinquāverat	appropinquāverāmus	appropinquāverātis	appropinquāverant
	future perfect	appropinquāverō	appropinquāveris	appropinquāverit	appropinquāverimus	appropinquāveritis	appropinquāverint
passive	present	appropinquor	appropinquāris, appropinquāre	appropinquātur	appropinquāmur	appropinquāminī	appropinquantur
	imperfect	appropinquābar	appropinquābāris, appropinquābāre	appropinquābātur	appropinquābāmur	appropinquābāminī	appropinquābantur
	future	appropinquābor	appropinquāberis, appropinquābere	appropinquābitur	appropinquābimur	appropinquābiminī	appropinquābuntur
	perfect	appropinquātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	appropinquātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	appropinquātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	appropinquem	appropinquēs	appropinquet	appropinquēmus	appropinquētis	appropinquent
	imperfect	appropinquārem	appropinquārēs	appropinquāret	appropinquārēmus	appropinquārētis	appropinquārent
	perfect	appropinquāverim	appropinquāverīs	appropinquāverit	appropinquāverīmus	appropinquāverītis	appropinquāverint
	pluperfect	appropinquāvissem	appropinquāvissēs	appropinquāvisset	appropinquāvissēmus	appropinquāvissētis	appropinquāvissent
passive	present	appropinquer	appropinquēris, appropinquēre	appropinquētur	appropinquēmur	appropinquēminī	appropinquentur
	imperfect	appropinquārer	appropinquārēris, appropinquārēre	appropinquārētur	appropinquārēmur	appropinquārēminī	appropinquārentur
	perfect	appropinquātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	appropinquātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	appropinquā	—	—	appropinquāte	—
	future	—	appropinquātō	appropinquātō	—	appropinquātōte	appropinquantō
passive	present	—	appropinquāre	—	—	appropinquāminī	—
	future	—	appropinquātor	appropinquātor	—	—	appropinquantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		appropinquāre	appropinquāvisse	appropinquātūrum esse	appropinquārī	appropinquātum esse	appropinquātum īrī
participles		appropinquāns	—	appropinquātūrus	—	appropinquātus	appropinquandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		appropinquandī	appropinquandō	appropinquandum	appropinquandō	appropinquātum	appropinquātū

Derived terms

• appropinquātiō

Descendants

• → English: appropinquate ⇒ appropinquation
• → Italian: appropinquare

References

• “appropinquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “appropinquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• appropinquo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw near to a city: appropinquare urbi, rarely ad urbem