cuneo

See also: Cuneo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cuneus, whence also Italian conio (an inherited doublet).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ne.o/
• Rhymes: -uneo
• Hyphenation: cù‧ne‧o

Noun

cuneo m (plural cunei)

1. wedge

Related terms

• cuneato
• incuneare

Anagrams

• nocue, nuoce

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʊ.ne.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkuː.ne.o]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin cuneus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin cuneō

From cuneus (“wedge”) + -ō.

Verb

cuneō (present infinitive cuneāre, perfect active cuneāvī, supine cuneātum); first conjugation

1. to wedge in, secure by wedging, force in like a wedge

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cuneō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cuneō		cuneās		cuneat		cuneāmus		cuneātis		cuneant
	imperfect	cuneābam		cuneābās		cuneābat		cuneābāmus		cuneābātis		cuneābant
	future	cuneābō		cuneābis		cuneābit		cuneābimus		cuneābitis		cuneābunt
	perfect	cuneāvī		cuneāvistī		cuneāvit		cuneāvimus		cuneāvistis		cuneāvērunt, cuneāvēre
	pluperfect	cuneāveram		cuneāverās		cuneāverat		cuneāverāmus		cuneāverātis		cuneāverant
	future perfect	cuneāverō		cuneāveris		cuneāverit		cuneāverimus		cuneāveritis		cuneāverint
passive	present	cuneor		cuneāris, cuneāre		cuneātur		cuneāmur		cuneāminī		cuneantur
	imperfect	cuneābar		cuneābāris, cuneābāre		cuneābātur		cuneābāmur		cuneābāminī		cuneābantur
	future	cuneābor		cuneāberis, cuneābere		cuneābitur		cuneābimur		cuneābiminī		cuneābuntur
	perfect	cuneātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cuneātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cuneātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cuneem		cuneēs		cuneet		cuneēmus		cuneētis		cuneent
	imperfect	cuneārem		cuneārēs		cuneāret		cuneārēmus		cuneārētis		cuneārent
	perfect	cuneāverim		cuneāverīs		cuneāverit		cuneāverīmus		cuneāverītis		cuneāverint
	pluperfect	cuneāvissem		cuneāvissēs		cuneāvisset		cuneāvissēmus		cuneāvissētis		cuneāvissent
passive	present	cuneer		cuneēris, cuneēre		cuneētur		cuneēmur		cuneēminī		cuneentur
	imperfect	cuneārer		cuneārēris, cuneārēre		cuneārētur		cuneārēmur		cuneārēminī		cuneārentur
	perfect	cuneātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cuneātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cuneā		—		—		cuneāte		—
	future	—		cuneātō		cuneātō		—		cuneātōte		cuneantō
passive	present	—		cuneāre		—		—		cuneāminī		—
	future	—		cuneātor		cuneātor		—		—		cuneantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cuneāre			cuneārī			cuneāns			—
future		cuneātūrum esse			cuneātum īrī			cuneātūrus			cuneandus
perfect		cuneāvisse			cuneātum esse			—			cuneātus
future perfect		—			cuneātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cuneātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cuneandī		cuneandō		cuneandum		cuneandō		cuneātum		cuneātū

Derived terms

• cuneātus
• discuneō
• *incuneō

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: coniare, cognare, cugnare
  • Sicilian: cugnari
• Gallo-Romance:
  • French: cogner
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: cunhar
  • Spanish: cuñar, ⇒ acuñar
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: cuneare

Through the Vulgar derivate *incuneāre:

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Romanian: încuia
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: incugnare
  • Sicilian: ncugnari
• Gallo-Romance:
  • ⇒ Catalan: encunyar
• Borrowings:
  • →? Albanian: ngujoj (partly)
  • → Italian: incuneare

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

cuneō m

1. dative/ablative singular of cuneus (“wedge, wedge shape”)

Spanish

Verb

cuneo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cunear