excogito

Latin

Etymology

ex- +‎ cōgitō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈskoː.ɡɪ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈskɔː.d͡ʒi.t̪o]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of excōgitō (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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		excōgitāre			excōgitārī			excōgitāns			—
future		excōgitātūrum esse			excōgitātum īrī			excōgitātūrus			excōgitandus
perfect		excōgitāvisse			excōgitātum esse			—			excōgitātus
future perfect		—			excōgitātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		excōgitātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		excōgitandī		excōgitandō		excōgitandum		excōgitandō		excōgitātum		excōgitātū

Descendants

• English: excogitate
• French: excogiter
• Italian: escogitare
• Piedmontese: escogité
• Spanish: excogitar

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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.