communico

Latin

Etymology

From commūnis (“common, public, general”) +‎ -icō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /komˈmuː.ni.koː/, [kɔmˈmuːnɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈmu.ni.ko/, [komˈmuːniko]

Verb

commūnicō (present infinitive commūnicāre, perfect active commūnicāvī, supine commūnicātum); first conjugation

1. (in giving) to impart, share
2. (in receiving) to share, partake, participate in
3. to join, unite, add, link, connect (to an equal part)
4. to make common, bring into common use
5. (figuratively) to contaminate, defile, communicate
6. (Medieval Latin) to communicate

Conjugation

Conjugation of commūnicō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	commūnicō	commūnicās	commūnicat	commūnicāmus	commūnicātis	commūnicant
	imperfect	commūnicābam	commūnicābās	commūnicābat	commūnicābāmus	commūnicābātis	commūnicābant
	future	commūnicābō	commūnicābis	commūnicābit	commūnicābimus	commūnicābitis	commūnicābunt
	perfect	commūnicāvī	commūnicāvistī, commūnicāstī1	commūnicāvit, commūnicāt1	commūnicāvimus, commūnicāmus1	commūnicāvistis, commūnicāstis1	commūnicāvērunt, commūnicāvēre, commūnicārunt1
	pluperfect	commūnicāveram, commūnicāram1	commūnicāverās, commūnicārās1	commūnicāverat, commūnicārat1	commūnicāverāmus, commūnicārāmus1	commūnicāverātis, commūnicārātis1	commūnicāverant, commūnicārant1
	future perfect	commūnicāverō, commūnicārō1	commūnicāveris, commūnicāris1	commūnicāverit, commūnicārit1	commūnicāverimus, commūnicārimus1	commūnicāveritis, commūnicāritis1	commūnicāverint, commūnicārint1
passive	present	commūnicor	commūnicāris, commūnicāre	commūnicātur	commūnicāmur	commūnicāminī	commūnicantur
	imperfect	commūnicābar	commūnicābāris, commūnicābāre	commūnicābātur	commūnicābāmur	commūnicābāminī	commūnicābantur
	future	commūnicābor	commūnicāberis, commūnicābere	commūnicābitur	commūnicābimur	commūnicābiminī	commūnicābuntur
	perfect	commūnicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commūnicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commūnicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	commūnicem	commūnicēs	commūnicet	commūnicēmus	commūnicētis	commūnicent
	imperfect	commūnicārem	commūnicārēs	commūnicāret	commūnicārēmus	commūnicārētis	commūnicārent
	perfect	commūnicāverim, commūnicārim1	commūnicāverīs, commūnicārīs1	commūnicāverit, commūnicārit1	commūnicāverīmus, commūnicārīmus1	commūnicāverītis, commūnicārītis1	commūnicāverint, commūnicārint1
	pluperfect	commūnicāvissem, commūnicāssem1	commūnicāvissēs, commūnicāssēs1	commūnicāvisset, commūnicāsset1	commūnicāvissēmus, commūnicāssēmus1	commūnicāvissētis, commūnicāssētis1	commūnicāvissent, commūnicāssent1
passive	present	commūnicer	commūnicēris, commūnicēre	commūnicētur	commūnicēmur	commūnicēminī	commūnicentur
	imperfect	commūnicārer	commūnicārēris, commūnicārēre	commūnicārētur	commūnicārēmur	commūnicārēminī	commūnicārentur
	perfect	commūnicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commūnicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	commūnicā	—	—	commūnicāte	—
	future	—	commūnicātō	commūnicātō	—	commūnicātōte	commūnicantō
passive	present	—	commūnicāre	—	—	commūnicāminī	—
	future	—	commūnicātor	commūnicātor	—	—	commūnicantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		commūnicāre	commūnicāvisse, commūnicāsse1	commūnicātūrum esse	commūnicārī	commūnicātum esse	commūnicātum īrī
participles		commūnicāns	—	commūnicātūrus	—	commūnicātus	commūnicandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		commūnicandī	commūnicandō	commūnicandum	commūnicandō	commūnicātum	commūnicātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Synonyms

• (add): addō

Derived terms

• commūnicātiō
• commūnicātor
• commūnicātus
• excommūnicō

 

Related terms

• commūne
• commūnicabilis
• commūnis
• commūniter
• commūnitus
• commūnitās
• commūniō
• commūnālis

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: kungoj
• Aromanian: cumnic, cumãnic, cumnicari
• → Asturian: comunicar
• Catalan: combregar
• → Catalan: comunicar
• → English: communicate
• → French: communier
• → French: communiquer
  • → Romanian: comunica
• Friulian: comunicâ
• → Galician: comunicar
• → German: kommunizieren
• Italian: comunicare
• Occitan: comenjar
• → Occitan: comunicar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: comungar
  • Galician: comungar
  • Portuguese: comungar
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: comulgar
• → Portuguese: comunicar
• Romanian: cumineca, cuminecare
• → Romanian: comunica
• Sicilian: cumunicari
• → Spanish: comunicar
• Venetian: comunicar

References

• “communico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “communico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• communico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (1) to communicate one's plans to some one; (2) to make common cause with a person. Similarly c. causam, rationem: consilia cum aliquo communicare
    
  • to take common counsel: consilia inter se communicare
    

Portuguese

Verb

communico

1. first-person singular present indicative of communicar