compungere

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin compungere. By surface analysis, con- +‎ pungere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /komˈpun.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -undʒere
  • Hyphenation: com‧pùn‧ge‧re

Verb

compùngere (first-person singular present compùngo, first-person singular past historic compùnsi, past participle compùnto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, transitive) to disturb, to trouble, to afflict
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 13–15; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Ma poi ch’i’ fui al piè d’un colle giunto, ¶ là dove terminava quella valle ¶ che m’avea di paura il cor compunto, […]
      But after I had reached a mountain's foot, ¶ ⁠At that point where the valley terminated, ⁠Which had with consternation pierced my heart,
  2. to cause to feel remorse, to cause to regret

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compùngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive compùngere
auxiliary verb avére gerund compungèndo
present participle compungènte past participle compùnto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present compùngo compùngi compùnge compungiàmo compungéte compùngono
imperfect compungévo compungévi compungéva compungevàmo compungevàte compungévano
past historic compùnsi compungésti compùnse compungémmo compungéste compùnsero
future compungerò compungerài compungerà compungerémo compungeréte compungerànno
conditional compungerèi compungerésti compungerèbbe, compungerébbe compungerémmo compungeréste compungerèbbero, compungerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present compùnga compùnga compùnga compungiàmo compungiàte compùngano
imperfect compungéssi compungéssi compungésse compungéssimo compungéste compungéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
compùngi compùnga compungiàmo compungéte compùngano
negative imperative non compùngere non compùnga non compungiàmo non compungéte non compùngano

Derived terms

Further reading

  • compùngere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

compungēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of compungō

Verb

compungere

  1. inflection of compungō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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