emungo

Italian

Verb

emungo

1. first-person singular present indicative of emungere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mewg-, a variant of *(s)mewk- (“slick, slippery; to slip”), see also Tocharian A muk- (“to let go, give up”), Lithuanian mùkti (“to slip away from”), Old Church Slavonic мъчати (mŭčati, “to chase”), Ancient Greek μύσσομαι (mússomai, “to blow the nose”), Sanskrit मुञ्चति (muñcati, “to release, let loose”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈmun.ɡoː/, [eːˈmʊŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈmun.ɡo/, [eˈmuŋɡo]

Verb

ēmungō (present infinitive ēmungere, perfect active ēmūnxī, supine ēmūnctum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to wipe or blow (one's nose)
2. (transitive) to cheat (someone out of their money)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ēmungō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēmungō	ēmungis	ēmungit	ēmungimus	ēmungitis	ēmungunt
	imperfect	ēmungēbam	ēmungēbās	ēmungēbat	ēmungēbāmus	ēmungēbātis	ēmungēbant
	future	ēmungam	ēmungēs	ēmunget	ēmungēmus	ēmungētis	ēmungent
	perfect	ēmūnxī	ēmūnxistī	ēmūnxit	ēmūnximus	ēmūnxistis	ēmūnxērunt, ēmūnxēre
	pluperfect	ēmūnxeram	ēmūnxerās	ēmūnxerat	ēmūnxerāmus	ēmūnxerātis	ēmūnxerant
	future perfect	ēmūnxerō	ēmūnxeris	ēmūnxerit	ēmūnxerimus	ēmūnxeritis	ēmūnxerint
passive	present	ēmungor	ēmungeris, ēmungere	ēmungitur	ēmungimur	ēmungiminī	ēmunguntur
	imperfect	ēmungēbar	ēmungēbāris, ēmungēbāre	ēmungēbātur	ēmungēbāmur	ēmungēbāminī	ēmungēbantur
	future	ēmungar	ēmungēris, ēmungēre	ēmungētur	ēmungēmur	ēmungēminī	ēmungentur
	perfect	ēmūnctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ēmūnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ēmūnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēmungam	ēmungās	ēmungat	ēmungāmus	ēmungātis	ēmungant
	imperfect	ēmungerem	ēmungerēs	ēmungeret	ēmungerēmus	ēmungerētis	ēmungerent
	perfect	ēmūnxerim	ēmūnxerīs	ēmūnxerit	ēmūnxerīmus	ēmūnxerītis	ēmūnxerint
	pluperfect	ēmūnxissem	ēmūnxissēs	ēmūnxisset	ēmūnxissēmus	ēmūnxissētis	ēmūnxissent
passive	present	ēmungar	ēmungāris, ēmungāre	ēmungātur	ēmungāmur	ēmungāminī	ēmungantur
	imperfect	ēmungerer	ēmungerēris, ēmungerēre	ēmungerētur	ēmungerēmur	ēmungerēminī	ēmungerentur
	perfect	ēmūnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ēmūnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ēmunge	—	—	ēmungite	—
	future	—	ēmungitō	ēmungitō	—	ēmungitōte	ēmunguntō
passive	present	—	ēmungere	—	—	ēmungiminī	—
	future	—	ēmungitor	ēmungitor	—	—	ēmunguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ēmungere	ēmūnxisse	ēmūnctūrum esse	ēmungī	ēmūnctum esse	ēmūnctum īrī
participles		ēmungēns	—	ēmūnctūrus	—	ēmūnctus	ēmungendus, ēmungundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ēmungendī	ēmungendō	ēmungendum	ēmungendō	ēmūnctum	ēmūnctū

Descendants

• → English: emunge
• → Italian: emungere

References

• “emungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “emungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• emungo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.