tongeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈton.ɡe.oː/, [ˈtɔŋ.ɡe.oː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈton.d͡ʒe.o/

Verb

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

(transitive, rare) I know
A: Illam musicam tonges? B: Sic, tongeo, praeter auctorem. Me dicere posses? A: Scilicet! Si illum tongerem... B: Quod miserum, nos illum non tongemus. Quaerabimus? A: Sic, consobrinam meam interrogabo an illum tongeat. B: Bene! Ego consobrinum meum de illo rogabo.
A: Do you know this music? B: Yes, I know it, but not the composer. Would you tell it me? A: Of course! If I knew it... B: What a pity, we don't know him. Will we search for? A: Yes, I'll ask my cousine if she knows him. B: Good! I'll ask my cousin of him.
- AD 8th C., Paulus Diaconus (author), Karl Otfried Müller (editor), Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum (1839), page 357, line 3:
  Tongere nosse est, nam Praenestini tongitionem dicunt notionem. Ennius: “Alii rhetorica tongent.”

Conjugation

No perfect or supine forms.

Conjugation of tongeo (second conjugation, defective)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tongeam	tongeās	tongeat	tongeāmus	tongeātis	tongeant
active	imperfect	tongērem	tongērēs	tongēret	tongērēmus	tongērētis	tongērent
passive	present	tongear	tongeāris, tongeāre	tongeātur	tongeāmur	tongeāminī	tongeantur
passive	imperfect	tongērer	tongērēris, tongērēre	tongērētur	tongērēmur	tongērēminī	tongērentur
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tongē	—	—	tongēte	—
active	future	—	tongētō	tongētō	—	tongētōte	tongentō
passive	present	—	tongēre	—	—	tongēminī	—
passive	future	—	tongētor	tongētor	—	—	tongentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tongēre	—	—	tongērī	—	—
participles		tongēns	—	—	—	—	tongendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		tongēre	tongendī	tongendō	tongendum	—	—

Synonyms

(I know): sciō

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)

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