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Latin
Etymology
From con- + eō (“go”).
Pronunciation
Verb
coeō (present infinitive coīre, perfect active coiī or coīvī, supine coitum); irregular conjugation, irregular
- to assemble, meet, come together
- in triclinio coeam, in cubiculo nolam ― I meet (you) at the table but I won’t at the dormitory
- to encounter, come up against
- to copulate, have sex
- to join, ally with
- to unite, come together as a whole
- to mass together, ball up, curdle
Conjugation
Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The second principal part is most often contracted to coiī, but occasionally appears as coīvī.
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References
- “coeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers