pango

Latin

Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *pangō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.ɡoː/, [ˈpäŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.ɡo/, [ˈpäŋɡo]

Verb

pangō (present infinitive pangere, perfect active pānxī or pēgī or pepigī, supine pānctum or pāctum); third conjugation

1. I fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force in
2. (metonymically) I set, plant
   1. (transferred) I beget (children)
3. (figuratively, of compositions) I compose, write
   • c. 19 BCE, Horace, Ars Poetica :

     Ego mira poemata pango

     I compose marvellous poems

   • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 1.931:

     […] primum quod magnis doceo de rebus et artis
     religionum animum nodis exsolvere pergo,
     deinde quod obscura de re tam lucida pango
     carmina musaeo contingens cuncta lepore.

     • 1916 translation by William Ellery Leonard

       First, since I teach concerning mighty things,
       And go right on to loose from round the mind
       The tightened coils of dread religion;
       Next, since, concerning themes so dark, I frame
       Songs so pellucid, touching all throughout

4. (figuratively, of actions) I celebrate, tell of, record, compose accounts of
5. (figuratively) I fix, determine, settle, especially—
   1. I agree upon; I covenant, agree, stipulate, contract (only in perfect forms)
   2. (of marital matters) I promise, pledge, engage to do, undertake to perform

Conjugation

Conjugation of pangō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pangō	pangis	pangit	pangimus	pangitis	pangunt
	imperfect	pangēbam	pangēbās	pangēbat	pangēbāmus	pangēbātis	pangēbant
	future	pangam	pangēs	panget	pangēmus	pangētis	pangent
	perfect	pānxī, pēgī, pepigī	pānxistī, pēgistī, pepigistī	pānxit, pēgit, pepigit	pānximus, pēgimus, pepigimus	pānxistis, pēgistis, pepigistis	pānxērunt, pānxēre, pēgērunt, pēgēre, pepigērunt, pepigēre
	pluperfect	pānxeram, pēgeram, pepigeram	pānxerās, pēgerās, pepigerās	pānxerat, pēgerat, pepigerat	pānxerāmus, pēgerāmus, pepigerāmus	pānxerātis, pēgerātis, pepigerātis	pānxerant, pēgerant, pepigerant
	future perfect	pānxerō, pēgerō, pepigerō	pānxeris, pēgeris, pepigeris	pānxerit, pēgerit, pepigerit	pānxerimus, pēgerimus, pepigerimus	pānxeritis, pēgeritis, pepigeritis	pānxerint, pēgerint, pepigerint
passive	present	pangor	pangeris, pangere	pangitur	pangimur	pangiminī	panguntur
	imperfect	pangēbar	pangēbāris, pangēbāre	pangēbātur	pangēbāmur	pangēbāminī	pangēbantur
	future	pangar	pangēris, pangēre	pangētur	pangēmur	pangēminī	pangentur
	perfect	pānctus or pāctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pānctus or pāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pānctus or pāctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pangam	pangās	pangat	pangāmus	pangātis	pangant
	imperfect	pangerem	pangerēs	pangeret	pangerēmus	pangerētis	pangerent
	perfect	pānxerim, pēgerim, pepigerim	pānxerīs, pēgerīs, pepigerīs	pānxerit, pēgerit, pepigerit	pānxerīmus, pēgerīmus, pepigerīmus	pānxerītis, pēgerītis, pepigerītis	pānxerint, pēgerint, pepigerint
	pluperfect	pānxissem, pēgissem, pepigissem	pānxissēs, pēgissēs, pepigissēs	pānxisset, pēgisset, pepigisset	pānxissēmus, pēgissēmus, pepigissēmus	pānxissētis, pēgissētis, pepigissētis	pānxissent, pēgissent, pepigissent
passive	present	pangar	pangāris, pangāre	pangātur	pangāmur	pangāminī	pangantur
	imperfect	pangerer	pangerēris, pangerēre	pangerētur	pangerēmur	pangerēminī	pangerentur
	perfect	pānctus or pāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pānctus or pāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pange	—	—	pangite	—
	future	—	pangitō	pangitō	—	pangitōte	panguntō
passive	present	—	pangere	—	—	pangiminī	—
	future	—	pangitor	pangitor	—	—	panguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pangere	pānxisse, pēgisse, pepigisse	pānctūrum esse, pāctūrum esse	pangī	pānctum esse, pāctum esse	pānctum īrī, pāctum īrī
participles		pangēns	—	pānctūrus, pāctūrus	—	pānctus, pāctus	pangendus, pangundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pangendī	pangendō	pangendum	pangendō	pānctum, pāctum	pānctū, pāctū

Synonyms

• fīgō, cōnfīgō

Derived terms

• appingō
• compingō
• dēpangō

• impingō
• pāctilis
• pāctus
• prōpāgō

Related terms

• pāgina
• pāgus
• pālus

• pignus
• pīla

References

• “pango”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pango”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pango in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Maori

Noun

pango

1. black (colour/color)

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Swahili

Noun

pango (ma class, plural mapango)

1. cave

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Tagalog

Adjective

pangô

1. snub-nosed

Synonyms

• sarat