nuncupo

Latin

Etymology

From nōmen (“name”) + capiō (“seize, catch”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːn.ku.poː/, [ˈnuːŋ.kʊ.poː]

Verb

nūncupō (present infinitive nūncupāre, perfect active nūncupāvī, supine nūncupātum); first conjugation

1. I call by name; I name.
2. (law) I publicly name or appoint as heir.
3. I vow publically.

Inflection

Conjugation of nuncupo (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nūncupō	nūncupās	nūncupat	nūncupāmus	nūncupātis	nūncupant
	imperfect	nūncupābam	nūncupābās	nūncupābat	nūncupābāmus	nūncupābātis	nūncupābant
	future	nūncupābō	nūncupābis	nūncupābit	nūncupābimus	nūncupābitis	nūncupābunt
	perfect	nūncupāvī	nūncupāvistī	nūncupāvit	nūncupāvimus	nūncupāvistis	nūncupāvērunt, nūncupāvēre
	pluperfect	nūncupāveram	nūncupāverās	nūncupāverat	nūncupāverāmus	nūncupāverātis	nūncupāverant
	future perfect	nūncupāverō	nūncupāveris	nūncupāverit	nūncupāverimus	nūncupāveritis	nūncupāverint
passive	present	nūncupor	nūncupāris, nūncupāre	nūncupātur	nūncupāmur	nūncupāminī	nūncupantur
	imperfect	nūncupābar	nūncupābāris, nūncupābāre	nūncupābātur	nūncupābāmur	nūncupābāminī	nūncupābantur
	future	nūncupābor	nūncupāberis, nūncupābere	nūncupābitur	nūncupābimur	nūncupābiminī	nūncupābuntur
	perfect	nūncupātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nūncupātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nūncupātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nūncupem	nūncupēs	nūncupet	nūncupēmus	nūncupētis	nūncupent
	imperfect	nūncupārem	nūncupārēs	nūncupāret	nūncupārēmus	nūncupārētis	nūncupārent
	perfect	nūncupāverim	nūncupāverīs	nūncupāverit	nūncupāverīmus	nūncupāverītis	nūncupāverint
	pluperfect	nūncupāvissem	nūncupāvissēs	nūncupāvisset	nūncupāvissēmus	nūncupāvissētis	nūncupāvissent
passive	present	nūncuper	nūncupēris, nūncupēre	nūncupētur	nūncupēmur	nūncupēminī	nūncupentur
	imperfect	nūncupārer	nūncupārēris, nūncupārēre	nūncupārētur	nūncupārēmur	nūncupārēminī	nūncupārentur
	perfect	nūncupātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	nūncupātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nūncupā	—	—	nūncupāte	—
	future	—	nūncupātō	nūncupātō	—	nūncupātōte	nūncupantō
passive	present	—	nūncupāre	—	—	nūncupāminī	—
	future	—	nūncupātor	nūncupātor	—	—	nūncupantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nūncupāre	nūncupāvisse	nūncupātūrus esse	nūncupārī	nūncupātus esse	nūncupātum īrī
participles		nūncupāns	—	nūncupātūrus	—	nūncupātus	nūncupandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		nūncupāre	nūncupandī	nūncupandō	nūncupandum	nūncupātum	nūncupātū

Derived terms

• nūncupātim
• nūncupātiō
• nūncupātīvē

• nūncupātīvus
• nūncupātor

Descendants

• English: nuncupate

References

• nuncupo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nuncupo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “nuncupo” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a vow: vota facere, nuncupare, suscipere, concipere