communico

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /komˈmuː.ni.koː/, [kɔmˈmuː.nɪ.koː]

Verb

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

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

Inflection

Conjugation of communico (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	commūnicāvit	commūnicāvimus	commūnicāvistis	commūnicāvērunt, commūnicāvēre
	pluperfect	commūnicāveram	commūnicāverās	commūnicāverat	commūnicāverāmus	commūnicāverātis	commūnicāverant
	future perfect	commūnicāverō	commūnicāveris	commūnicāverit	commūnicāverimus	commūnicāveritis	commūnicāverint
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	commūnicāverīs	commūnicāverit	commūnicāverīmus	commūnicāverītis	commūnicāverint
	pluperfect	commūnicāvissem	commūnicāvissēs	commūnicāvisset	commūnicāvissēmus	commūnicāvissētis	commūnicāvissent
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	commūnicātūrus esse	commūnicārī	commūnicātus esse	commūnicātum īrī
participles		commūnicāns	—	commūnicātūrus	—	commūnicātus	commūnicandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		commūnicāre	commūnicandī	commūnicandō	commūnicandum	commūnicātum	commūnicātū

Synonyms

• (add): addō

Derived terms

Derived terms

commūnicātiō commūnicātor

commūnicātus excommūnicō

Related terms

• commūnālis
• commūne
• commūniō
• commūnis

• commūnitās
• commūniter
• commūnitus

Descendants

• Albanian: kungoj
• Aromanian: cumnic, cumãnic, cumnicari
• Asturian: comunicar
• Catalan: combregar, comunicar
• English: communicate
• French: communier, communiquer
• Friulian: comunicâ
• Galician: comungar, comunicar
• German: kommunizieren

• Italian: comunicare
• Occitan: comenjar, comunicar
• Old Portuguese: comungar
• Portuguese: comungar, comunicar
• Romanian: comunica, comunicare, cumineca, cuminecare
• Sicilian: cumunicari
• Spanish: comulgar, comunicar
• Venetian: comunicar

References

• communico in Charlton T. Lewis & 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 Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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
    

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Portuguese

Verb

communico

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of communicar