queo
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See also: quẹo
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from nequeō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
queō (present infinitive quīre, perfect active quiī or quīvī, supine quitum); irregular conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- I am able
Inflection[edit]
| Conjugation of queo (irregular, impersonal in passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | queō | quīs | quit | quīmus | quītis | queunt |
| imperfect | quībam | quībās | quībat | quībāmus | quībātis | quībant | |
| future | quībō | quībis | quībit | quībimus | quībitis | quībunt | |
| perfect | quiī, quīvī | quīstī, quīvistī1 | quiit, quīvit | quiimus | quīstis, qstis1 | quiērunt, quiēre | |
| pluperfect | quieram | quierās | quierat | quierāmus | quierātis | quierant | |
| future perfect | quierō | quieris | quierit | quierimus | quieritis | quierint | |
| passive | present | — | — | quītur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | quībātur | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | quībitur | — | — | — | |
| perfect | quitus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | quitus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | quitus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | queam | queās | queat | queāmus | queātis | queant |
| imperfect | quīrem | quīrēs | quīret | quīrēmus | quīrētis | quīrent | |
| perfect | quierim | quierīs | quierit | quierīmus | quierītis | quierint | |
| pluperfect | quīssem, qssem1 | quīssēs, qsses1 | quīsset, qsset1 | quīssēmus, qssemus1 | quīssētis, qssetis1 | quīssent, qssent1 | |
| passive | present | — | — | queātur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | quīrētur | — | — | — | |
| perfect | quitus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | quitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | quī | — | — | quīte | — |
| future | — | quītō | quītō | — | quītōte | queuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | quīre | quīsse, qsse1 | quitūrus esse | quīrī | quitus esse | — | |
| participles | quiēns | — | quitūrus | — | quitus | queundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| quīre | queundī | queundō | queundum | quitum | quitū | ||
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- queo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- queo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “queo” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
