excogito

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈskoː.ɡi.toː/, [ɛkˈskoː.ɡɪ.toː]

Verb

excōgitō (present infinitive excōgitāre, perfect active excōgitāvī, supine excōgitātum); first conjugation

1. I contrive, devise or invent (by thinking)
2. I think up or create out of nothing

Inflection

Conjugation of excogito (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	excōgitō	excōgitās	excōgitat	excōgitāmus	excōgitātis	excōgitant
	imperfect	excōgitābam	excōgitābās	excōgitābat	excōgitābāmus	excōgitābātis	excōgitābant
	future	excōgitābō	excōgitābis	excōgitābit	excōgitābimus	excōgitābitis	excōgitābunt
	perfect	excōgitāvī	excōgitāvistī	excōgitāvit	excōgitāvimus	excōgitāvistis	excōgitāvērunt, excōgitāvēre
	pluperfect	excōgitāveram	excōgitāverās	excōgitāverat	excōgitāverāmus	excōgitāverātis	excōgitāverant
	future perfect	excōgitāverō	excōgitāveris	excōgitāverit	excōgitāverimus	excōgitāveritis	excōgitāverint
passive	present	excōgitor	excōgitāris, excōgitāre	excōgitātur	excōgitāmur	excōgitāminī	excōgitantur
	imperfect	excōgitābar	excōgitābāris, excōgitābāre	excōgitābātur	excōgitābāmur	excōgitābāminī	excōgitābantur
	future	excōgitābor	excōgitāberis, excōgitābere	excōgitābitur	excōgitābimur	excōgitābiminī	excōgitābuntur
	perfect	excōgitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	excōgitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	excōgitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	excōgitem	excōgitēs	excōgitet	excōgitēmus	excōgitētis	excōgitent
	imperfect	excōgitārem	excōgitārēs	excōgitāret	excōgitārēmus	excōgitārētis	excōgitārent
	perfect	excōgitāverim	excōgitāverīs	excōgitāverit	excōgitāverīmus	excōgitāverītis	excōgitāverint
	pluperfect	excōgitāvissem	excōgitāvissēs	excōgitāvisset	excōgitāvissēmus	excōgitāvissētis	excōgitāvissent
passive	present	excōgiter	excōgitēris, excōgitēre	excōgitētur	excōgitēmur	excōgitēminī	excōgitentur
	imperfect	excōgitārer	excōgitārēris, excōgitārēre	excōgitārētur	excōgitārēmur	excōgitārēminī	excōgitārentur
	perfect	excōgitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	excōgitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	excōgitā	—	—	excōgitāte	—
	future	—	excōgitātō	excōgitātō	—	excōgitātōte	excōgitantō
passive	present	—	excōgitāre	—	—	excōgitāminī	—
	future	—	excōgitātor	excōgitātor	—	—	excōgitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		excōgitāre	excōgitāvisse	excōgitātūrus esse	excōgitārī	excōgitātus esse	excōgitātum īrī
participles		excōgitāns	—	excōgitātūrus	—	excōgitātus	excōgitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		excōgitāre	excōgitandī	excōgitandō	excōgitandum	excōgitātum	excōgitātū

Descendants

• English: excogitate
• French: excogiter
• Italian: escogitare

References

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