ignio

Latin

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Latin ignis

Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.

Latin -iō

Latin igniō

From ignis (“fire”) + -iō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪŋ.ni.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiɲ.ɲi.o]

Verb

igniō (present infinitive ignīre, perfect active ignīvī or igniī, supine ignītum); fourth conjugation

1. to ignite, set on fire

Conjugation

   Conjugation of igniō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	igniō		ignīs		ignit		ignīmus		ignītis		igniunt
	imperfect	igniēbam		igniēbās		igniēbat		igniēbāmus		igniēbātis		igniēbant
	future	igniam		igniēs		igniet		igniēmus		igniētis		ignient
	perfect	ignīvī, igniī		ignīvistī, igniistī		ignīvit, igniit		ignīvimus, igniimus		ignīvistis, igniistis		ignīvērunt, ignīvēre, igniērunt, igniēre
	pluperfect	ignīveram, ignieram		ignīverās, ignierās		ignīverat, ignierat		ignīverāmus, ignierāmus		ignīverātis, ignierātis		ignīverant, ignierant
	future perfect	ignīverō, ignierō		ignīveris, ignieris		ignīverit, ignierit		ignīverimus, ignierimus		ignīveritis, ignieritis		ignīverint, ignierint
passive	present	ignior		ignīris, ignīre		ignītur		ignīmur		ignīminī		igniuntur
	imperfect	igniēbar		igniēbāris, igniēbāre		igniēbātur		igniēbāmur		igniēbāminī		igniēbantur
	future	igniar		igniēris, igniēre		igniētur		igniēmur		igniēminī		ignientur
	perfect	ignītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ignītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ignītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	igniam		igniās		igniat		igniāmus		igniātis		igniant
	imperfect	ignīrem		ignīrēs		ignīret		ignīrēmus		ignīrētis		ignīrent
	perfect	ignīverim, ignierim		ignīverīs, ignierīs		ignīverit, ignierit		ignīverīmus, ignierīmus		ignīverītis, ignierītis		ignīverint, ignierint
	pluperfect	ignīvissem, igniissem		ignīvissēs, igniissēs		ignīvisset, igniisset		ignīvissēmus, igniissēmus		ignīvissētis, igniissētis		ignīvissent, igniissent
passive	present	igniar		igniāris, igniāre		igniātur		igniāmur		igniāminī		igniantur
	imperfect	ignīrer		ignīrēris, ignīrēre		ignīrētur		ignīrēmur		ignīrēminī		ignīrentur
	perfect	ignītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ignītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ignī		—		—		ignīte		—
	future	—		ignītō		ignītō		—		ignītōte		igniuntō
passive	present	—		ignīre		—		—		ignīminī		—
	future	—		ignītor		ignītor		—		—		igniuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ignīre			ignīrī			igniēns			—
future		ignītūrum esse			ignītum īrī			ignītūrus			igniendus, igniundus
perfect		ignīvisse, igniisse			ignītum esse			—			ignītus
future perfect		—			ignītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		ignītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		igniendī		igniendō		igniendum		igniendō		ignītum		ignītū

Descendants

• → English: ignite

References

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