nucleo

See also: núcleo, nucleó, and nucleo-

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nū̆cleus (“kernel, core”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.kle.o/
• Rhymes: -ukleo
• Hyphenation: nù‧cle‧o

Noun

nucleo m (plural nuclei)

1. nucleus
2. core
3. unit, group, squad

Related terms

• nucleo atomico

Anagrams

• culone

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnʊ.kɫe.oː], [ˈnʊk.ɫe.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.kle.o], [ˈnuk.le.o]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *knuks

Latin nux

Latin nucleus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin nucleō

From nucleus + -ō.

Verb

nucleō (present infinitive nucleāre, perfect active nucleāvī, supine nucleātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) to become kernelly, to become hard like a kernel

Conjugation

   Conjugation of nucleō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	nucleō		nucleās		nucleat		nucleāmus		nucleātis		nucleant
	imperfect	nucleābam		nucleābās		nucleābat		nucleābāmus		nucleābātis		nucleābant
	future	nucleābō		nucleābis		nucleābit		nucleābimus		nucleābitis		nucleābunt
	perfect	nucleāvī		nucleāvistī		nucleāvit		nucleāvimus		nucleāvistis		nucleāvērunt, nucleāvēre
	pluperfect	nucleāveram		nucleāverās		nucleāverat		nucleāverāmus		nucleāverātis		nucleāverant
	future perfect	nucleāverō		nucleāveris		nucleāverit		nucleāverimus		nucleāveritis		nucleāverint
passive	present	nucleor		nucleāris, nucleāre		nucleātur		nucleāmur		nucleāminī		nucleantur
	imperfect	nucleābar		nucleābāris, nucleābāre		nucleābātur		nucleābāmur		nucleābāminī		nucleābantur
	future	nucleābor		nucleāberis, nucleābere		nucleābitur		nucleābimur		nucleābiminī		nucleābuntur
	perfect	nucleātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nucleātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nucleātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	nucleem		nucleēs		nucleet		nucleēmus		nucleētis		nucleent
	imperfect	nucleārem		nucleārēs		nucleāret		nucleārēmus		nucleārētis		nucleārent
	perfect	nucleāverim		nucleāverīs		nucleāverit		nucleāverīmus		nucleāverītis		nucleāverint
	pluperfect	nucleāvissem		nucleāvissēs		nucleāvisset		nucleāvissēmus		nucleāvissētis		nucleāvissent
passive	present	nucleer		nucleēris, nucleēre		nucleētur		nucleēmur		nucleēminī		nucleentur
	imperfect	nucleārer		nucleārēris, nucleārēre		nucleārētur		nucleārēmur		nucleārēminī		nucleārentur
	perfect	nucleātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	nucleātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		nucleā		—		—		nucleāte		—
	future	—		nucleātō		nucleātō		—		nucleātōte		nucleantō
passive	present	—		nucleāre		—		—		nucleāminī		—
	future	—		nucleātor		nucleātor		—		—		nucleantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		nucleāre			nucleārī			nucleāns			—
future		nucleātūrum esse			nucleātum īrī			nucleātūrus			nucleandus
perfect		nucleāvisse			nucleātum esse			—			nucleātus
future perfect		—			nucleātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		nucleātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		nucleandī		nucleandō		nucleandum		nucleandō		nucleātum		nucleātū

References

• “nū̆clĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nŭclĕo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,043/1.
• “nucleō” on page 1,199/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of nucleus.

Noun

nucleō m

1. dative/ablative singular of nucleus

Spanish

Verb

nucleo

1. first-person singular present indicative of nuclear