excavo

See also: excavó

Catalan

Verb

excavo

first-person singular present indicative of excavar

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *ḱowh₁ós?

Proto-Italic *kawos

Latin cavus

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 cavō

Latin excavō

From ex- + cavō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛk.ska.woː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛk.ska.vo]

Verb

excavō (present infinitive excavāre, perfect active excavāvī, supine excavātum); first conjugation

to hollow out, excavate

Conjugation

Conjugation of excavō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	excavō	excavās		excavat	excavāmus	excavātis		excavant
	imperfect	excavābam	excavābās		excavābat	excavābāmus	excavābātis		excavābant
	future	excavābō	excavābis		excavābit	excavābimus	excavābitis		excavābunt
	perfect	excavāvī	excavāvistī		excavāvit	excavāvimus	excavāvistis		excavāvērunt, excavāvēre
	pluperfect	excavāveram	excavāverās		excavāverat	excavāverāmus	excavāverātis		excavāverant
	future perfect	excavāverō	excavāveris		excavāverit	excavāverimus	excavāveritis		excavāverint
passive	present	excavor	excavāris, excavāre		excavātur	excavāmur	excavāminī		excavantur
	imperfect	excavābar	excavābāris, excavābāre		excavābātur	excavābāmur	excavābāminī		excavābantur
	future	excavābor	excavāberis, excavābere		excavābitur	excavābimur	excavābiminī		excavābuntur
	perfect	excavātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	excavātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	excavātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	excavem	excavēs		excavet	excavēmus	excavētis		excavent
	imperfect	excavārem	excavārēs		excavāret	excavārēmus	excavārētis		excavārent
	perfect	excavāverim	excavāverīs		excavāverit	excavāverīmus	excavāverītis		excavāverint
	pluperfect	excavāvissem	excavāvissēs		excavāvisset	excavāvissēmus	excavāvissētis		excavāvissent
passive	present	excaver	excavēris, excavēre		excavētur	excavēmur	excavēminī		excaventur
	imperfect	excavārer	excavārēris, excavārēre		excavārētur	excavārēmur	excavārēminī		excavārentur
	perfect	excavātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	excavātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	excavā		—	—	excavāte		—
active	future	—	excavātō		excavātō	—	excavātōte		excavantō
passive	present	—	excavāre		—	—	excavāminī		—
passive	future	—	excavātor		excavātor	—	—		excavantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		excavāre		excavārī		excavāns		—
future		excavātūrum esse		excavātum īrī		excavātūrus		excavandus
perfect		excavāvisse		excavātum esse		—		excavātus
future perfect		—		excavātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		excavātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		excavandī	excavandō		excavandum	excavandō	excavātum		excavātū

Descendants

Asturian: escavar
→ Catalan: excavar
→ English: excavate, excave
→ French: excaver
Friulian: sgjavâ
Galician: escavar
Italian: scavare
Portuguese: escavar
→ Romanian: excava
Romansh: stgavar
Sicilian: scavari
Spanish: escavar, → excavar
Venetan: escavar, scavar
Walloon: schaver

References

“excavo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“excavo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“excavo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

excavo

first-person singular present indicative of excavar