clango

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anɡo

Verb

clango

1. first-person singular present indicative of clangere

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *glag- (“to make a noise, clap, twitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- (“to roop, scream, shout”). Cognate with English clack and Ancient Greek κλαγγή (klangḗ, “shrill sound”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈklan.ɡoː/, [ˈkɫ̪äŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklan.ɡo/, [ˈkläŋɡo]

Verb

clangō (present infinitive clangere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem, limited passive

1. to clang
2. (transitive) to sound out (a signal, etc., of a trumpet)

Conjugation

Conjugation of clangō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, only third-person forms in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	clangō	clangis	clangit	clangimus	clangitis	clangunt
	imperfect	clangēbam	clangēbās	clangēbat	clangēbāmus	clangēbātis	clangēbant
	future	clangam	clangēs	clanget	clangēmus	clangētis	clangent
passive	present	—	—	clangitur	—	—	clanguntur
	imperfect	—	—	clangēbātur	—	—	clangēbantur
	future	—	—	clangētur	—	—	clangentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	clangam	clangās	clangat	clangāmus	clangātis	clangant
	imperfect	clangerem	clangerēs	clangeret	clangerēmus	clangerētis	clangerent
passive	present	—	—	clangātur	—	—	clangantur
	imperfect	—	—	clangerētur	—	—	clangerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	clange	—	—	clangite	—
	future	—	clangitō	clangitō	—	clangitōte	clanguntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		clangere	—	—	clangī	—	—
participles		clangēns	—	—	—	—	clangendus, clangundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		clangendī	clangendō	clangendum	clangendō	—	—

References

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