compungo

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Italian

Verb

compungo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of compungere

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From con- +‎ pungō.

Pronunciation

Verb

compungō (present infinitive compungere, perfect active compūnxī, supine compūnctum); third conjugation

  1. to prick or puncture
  2. to goad or stimulate
  3. to tattoo (mark with points)

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • compungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • compungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • compungo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.