grego

See also: Grego and grêgo

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Graeco (“Greek”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪɡəʊ/

Noun

grego (plural gregos)

1. A type of rough jacket with a hood.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     Going to his heavy grego, or wrapall, or dreadnaught, which he had previously hung on a chair, he fumbled in the pockets, and produced at length a curious little deformed image with a hunch on its back, and exactly the colour of a three days' old Congo baby.

Anagrams

• Gorge, Rogge, gorge

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gregō (“herd, assemble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡreɡo]
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• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Hyphenation: gre‧go

Noun

grego (accusative singular gregon, plural gregoj, accusative plural gregojn)

1. herd, flock

Derived terms

• grega
• gregejo
• kungregiĝi

 

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grego, from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɾeɣʊ]

Adjective

grego (feminine grega, masculine plural gregos, feminine plural gregas)

1. Greek

Noun

grego m (plural gregos, feminine grega, feminine plural gregas)

1. Greek person

Noun

grego m (uncountable)

1. Greek language

Related terms

• Grecia

Ladino

Adjective

grego (Latin spelling, feminine grega)

1. Greek

Latin

Etymology

From grex (“flock, herd”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡre.ɡoː/, [ˈɡrɛɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡre.ɡo/, [ˈɡrɛːɡo]

Verb

gregō (present infinitive gregāre, perfect active gregāvī, supine gregātum); first conjugation

1. to herd, assemble

Conjugation

Conjugation of gregō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gregō	gregās	gregat	gregāmus	gregātis	gregant
	imperfect	gregābam	gregābās	gregābat	gregābāmus	gregābātis	gregābant
	future	gregābō	gregābis	gregābit	gregābimus	gregābitis	gregābunt
	perfect	gregāvī	gregāvistī	gregāvit	gregāvimus	gregāvistis	gregāvērunt, gregāvēre
	pluperfect	gregāveram	gregāverās	gregāverat	gregāverāmus	gregāverātis	gregāverant
	future perfect	gregāverō	gregāveris	gregāverit	gregāverimus	gregāveritis	gregāverint
passive	present	gregor	gregāris, gregāre	gregātur	gregāmur	gregāminī	gregantur
	imperfect	gregābar	gregābāris, gregābāre	gregābātur	gregābāmur	gregābāminī	gregābantur
	future	gregābor	gregāberis, gregābere	gregābitur	gregābimur	gregābiminī	gregābuntur
	perfect	gregātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	gregātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	gregātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gregem	gregēs	greget	gregēmus	gregētis	gregent
	imperfect	gregārem	gregārēs	gregāret	gregārēmus	gregārētis	gregārent
	perfect	gregāverim	gregāverīs	gregāverit	gregāverīmus	gregāverītis	gregāverint
	pluperfect	gregāvissem	gregāvissēs	gregāvisset	gregāvissēmus	gregāvissētis	gregāvissent
passive	present	greger	gregēris, gregēre	gregētur	gregēmur	gregēminī	gregentur
	imperfect	gregārer	gregārēris, gregārēre	gregārētur	gregārēmur	gregārēminī	gregārentur
	perfect	gregātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	gregātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	gregā	—	—	gregāte	—
	future	—	gregātō	gregātō	—	gregātōte	gregantō
passive	present	—	gregāre	—	—	gregāminī	—
	future	—	gregātor	gregātor	—	—	gregantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		gregāre	gregāvisse	gregātūrum esse	gregārī	gregātum esse	gregātum īrī
participles		gregāns	—	gregātūrus	—	gregātus	gregandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		gregandī	gregandō	gregandum	gregandō	gregātum	gregātū

Derived terms

• aggregō
• congregō
• sēgregō

 

Related terms

• grex

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese grego, from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Alternative forms

• grêgo (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɡu/ [ˈɡɾe.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -eɡu
• Hyphenation: gre‧go

Adjective

grego (feminine grega, masculine plural gregos, feminine plural gregas)

1. Greek (of or relating to Greece)

   Synonyms: helénico, (combining form) greco-

Noun

grego m (plural gregos, feminine grega, feminine plural gregas)

1. Greek (person from Greece)
2. (uncountable) Greek (Indo-European language spoken in Greece and Cyprus)
3. (colloquial) Greek (incomprehensible speech or jargon)

Derived terms

• grego antigo
• grego bizantino
• gregos e troianos
• presente de grego

 

Related terms

• Grécia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɛ.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɛ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɛ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɛ.ɡu/ [ˈɡɾɛ.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -ɛɡu
• Hyphenation: gre‧go

Verb

grego

1. first-person singular present indicative of gregar