contego

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ tegō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.te.ɡoː/, [ˈkɔn.tɛ.ɡoː]

Verb

contegō (present infinitive contegere, perfect active contēxī, supine contēctum); third conjugation

1. I conceal, hide or cover up
2. I protect
3. I clothe
4. I bury or entomb

Inflection

Conjugation of contego (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contegō	contegis	contegit	contegimus	contegitis	contegunt
	imperfect	contegēbam	contegēbās	contegēbat	contegēbāmus	contegēbātis	contegēbant
	future	contegam	contegēs	conteget	contegēmus	contegētis	contegent
	perfect	contēxī	contēxistī	contēxit	contēximus	contēxistis	contēxērunt, contēxēre
	pluperfect	contēxeram	contēxerās	contēxerat	contēxerāmus	contēxerātis	contēxerant
	future perfect	contēxerō	contēxeris	contēxerit	contēxerimus	contēxeritis	contēxerint
passive	present	contegor	contegeris, contegere	contegitur	contegimur	contegiminī	conteguntur
	imperfect	contegēbar	contegēbāris, contegēbāre	contegēbātur	contegēbāmur	contegēbāminī	contegēbantur
	future	contegar	contegēris, contegēre	contegētur	contegēmur	contegēminī	contegentur
	perfect	contēctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contegam	contegās	contegat	contegāmus	contegātis	contegant
	imperfect	contegerem	contegerēs	contegeret	contegerēmus	contegerētis	contegerent
	perfect	contēxerim	contēxerīs	contēxerit	contēxerīmus	contēxerītis	contēxerint
	pluperfect	contēxissem	contēxissēs	contēxisset	contēxissēmus	contēxissētis	contēxissent
passive	present	contegar	contegāris, contegāre	contegātur	contegāmur	contegāminī	contegantur
	imperfect	contegerer	contegerēris, contegerēre	contegerētur	contegerēmur	contegerēminī	contegerentur
	perfect	contēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	contege	—	—	contegite	—
	future	—	contegitō	contegitō	—	contegitōte	conteguntō
passive	present	—	contegere	—	—	contegiminī	—
	future	—	contegitor	contegitor	—	—	conteguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		contegere	contēxisse	contēctūrus esse	contegī	contēctus esse	contēctum īrī
participles		contegēns	—	contēctūrus	—	contēctus	contegendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		contegere	contegendī	contegendō	contegendum	contēctum	contēctū

References

• contego in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contego in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “contego” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)