tongeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tongēō, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈton.ɡe.oː/, [ˈt̪ɔŋɡeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈton.d͡ʒe.o/, [ˈt̪ɔn̠ʲd͡ʒeo]

Verb

tongeō (present infinitive tongēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. (transitive, rare) to know

   Synonyms: agnōscō, cognōscō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, scīscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, inveniō, cernō, audiō

   Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

   • 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 357, line 3:

     Tongēre nōsse est, nam Praenestīnī tongitiōnem dīcunt nōtiōnem. Ennius: “Aliī rhētorica tongent.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

• No perfect or supine forms.

Conjugation of tongeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tongeō	tongēs	tonget	tongēmus	tongētis	tongent
	imperfect	tongēbam	tongēbās	tongēbat	tongēbāmus	tongēbātis	tongēbant
	future	tongēbō	tongēbis	tongēbit	tongēbimus	tongēbitis	tongēbunt
passive	present	tongeor	tongēris, tongēre	tongētur	tongēmur	tongēminī	tongentur
	imperfect	tongēbar	tongēbāris, tongēbāre	tongēbātur	tongēbāmur	tongēbāminī	tongēbantur
	future	tongēbor	tongēberis, tongēbere	tongēbitur	tongēbimur	tongēbiminī	tongēbuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tongeam	tongeās	tongeat	tongeāmus	tongeātis	tongeant
	imperfect	tongērem	tongērēs	tongēret	tongērēmus	tongērētis	tongērent
passive	present	tongear	tongeāris, tongeāre	tongeātur	tongeāmur	tongeāminī	tongeantur
	imperfect	tongērer	tongērēris, tongērēre	tongērētur	tongērēmur	tongērēminī	tongērentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tongē	—	—	tongēte	—
	future	—	tongētō	tongētō	—	tongētōte	tongentō
passive	present	—	tongēre	—	—	tongēminī	—
	future	—	tongētor	tongētor	—	—	tongentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tongēre	—	—	tongērī	—	—
participles		tongēns	—	—	—	—	tongendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tongendī	tongendō	tongendum	tongendō	—	—

Derived terms

• tongitiō

References

• tongĕo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,581/3.
• “tongeō” on page 1,948/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)