grego

See also: Grego and grêgo

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Graeco (“Greek”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪɡəʊ/
• Rhymes: -eɪɡəʊ

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
• Syllabification: 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 (feminine grega)

1. Greek

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin grex

Proto-Italic *-āzi

▲

Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Latin grego

From grex (“flock, herd”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡrɛ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡrɛː.ɡo]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		gregāre			gregārī			gregāns			—
future		gregātūrum esse			gregātum īrī			gregātūrus			gregandus
perfect		gregāvisse			gregātum esse			—			gregātus
future perfect		—			gregātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		gregātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		gregandī		gregandō		gregandum		gregandō		gregātum		gregātū

Derived terms

• aggregō
• congregō
• disgregō
• 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/

 

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

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

• 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-

Derived terms

• beijo grego
• deus grego

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/

 

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

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

• Rhymes: -ɛɡu
• Hyphenation: gre‧go

Verb

grego

1. first-person singular present indicative of gregar

Further reading

• “grego”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “grego”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026