implico

See also: implicó and implicò

Catalan

Verb

implico

first-person singular present indicative of implicar

Galician

Verb

implico

first-person singular present indicative of implicar

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈim.pli.ko/
Rhymes: -impliko
Hyphenation: ìm‧pli‧co

Verb

implico

first-person singular present indicative of implicare

Anagrams

compili

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“in”) +‎ plicō (“fold, bend, roll up”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪm.plɪ.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈim.pli.ko]

Verb

implicō (present infinitive implicāre, perfect active implicāvī, supine implicātum); first conjugation

to entangle, entwine
to infold, envelop, encircle
Synonym: saepiō
to embrace
Synonyms: complector, amplector, teneō
to clasp, grasp
(figuratively) to unite, associate, join
Synonyms: colligō, applicō, contribuō
to implicate, involve, include, engage, instill
Synonyms: īnserō, īnsertō, intrōferō, īnferō, immittō, intrōdūcō

Antonyms: excipiō, ēiciō, extrahō

Exsecūtiō officiī plērumque certum suae ūtilitātis proximae sacrificium implicat.
The performance of a duty usually involves a certain sacrifice of one's own immediate benefit.

Usage notes

The perfect form is sometimes implicui instead of implicāvi, and the supine sometimes implicitum instead of implicātum.

Conjugation

Conjugation of implicō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	implicō	implicās		implicat	implicāmus	implicātis		implicant
	imperfect	implicābam	implicābās		implicābat	implicābāmus	implicābātis		implicābant
	future	implicābō	implicābis		implicābit	implicābimus	implicābitis		implicābunt
	perfect	implicāvī	implicāvistī		implicāvit	implicāvimus	implicāvistis		implicāvērunt, implicāvēre
	pluperfect	implicāveram	implicāverās		implicāverat	implicāverāmus	implicāverātis		implicāverant
	future perfect	implicāverō	implicāveris		implicāverit	implicāverimus	implicāveritis		implicāverint
passive	present	implicor	implicāris, implicāre		implicātur	implicāmur	implicāminī		implicantur
	imperfect	implicābar	implicābāris, implicābāre		implicābātur	implicābāmur	implicābāminī		implicābantur
	future	implicābor	implicāberis, implicābere		implicābitur	implicābimur	implicābiminī		implicābuntur
	perfect	implicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	implicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	implicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	implicem	implicēs		implicet	implicēmus	implicētis		implicent
	imperfect	implicārem	implicārēs		implicāret	implicārēmus	implicārētis		implicārent
	perfect	implicāverim	implicāverīs		implicāverit	implicāverīmus	implicāverītis		implicāverint
	pluperfect	implicāvissem	implicāvissēs		implicāvisset	implicāvissēmus	implicāvissētis		implicāvissent
passive	present	implicer	implicēris, implicēre		implicētur	implicēmur	implicēminī		implicentur
	imperfect	implicārer	implicārēris, implicārēre		implicārētur	implicārēmur	implicārēminī		implicārentur
	perfect	implicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	implicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	implicā		—	—	implicāte		—
active	future	—	implicātō		implicātō	—	implicātōte		implicantō
passive	present	—	implicāre		—	—	implicāminī		—
passive	future	—	implicātor		implicātor	—	—		implicantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		implicāre		implicārī		implicāns		—
future		implicātūrum esse		implicātum īrī		implicātūrus		implicandus
perfect		implicāvisse		implicātum esse		—		implicātus
future perfect		—		implicātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		implicātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		implicandī	implicandō		implicandum	implicandō	implicātum		implicātū

Derived terms

Descendants

Aragonese: emplegar, empllegar
Friulian: impleâ
Italian: impiegare
Occitan: emplegar
Old Catalan: emplegar
- Catalan: emplegar
- → Asturian: emplegar
- → Galician: empregar
- → Old Spanish: emplegar
- → Portuguese: empregar
Old French: empleier, emploiier, emplier
- French: employer
- Norman: emplier
- → English: employ, imply
- →? Sicilian: mpijari
- → Spanish: emplear
  - → Sardinian: impreare
Sardinian: umprigare
Borrowings:
- → Asturian: implicar
- → Catalan: implicar
- → Czech: implikovat
- → Dutch: impliceren
- → English: implicate
- → French: impliquer
- → Friulian: implicâ
- → Galician: implicar
- → German: implizieren
- → Italian: implicare
- → Occitan: implicar
- → Polish: implikować
- → Portuguese: implicar
- → Romanian: implica
- → Sardinian: impricare
- → Spanish: implicar
- → Swedish: implicera

References

“implico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“implico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“implico”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
implico in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fall into error: erroribus implicari (Tusc. 4. 27. 58)
- to be involved in a war: bello implicari
- (ambiguous) to be involved in many undertakings; to be much occupied, embarrassed, overwhelmed by business-claims: multis negotiis implicatum, districtum, distentum, obrutum esse
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ĭmplĭcāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 594
Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), “aizzare”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Portuguese

Verb

implico

first-person singular present indicative of implicar

Spanish

Verb

implico

first-person singular present indicative of implicar