plecto

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *plektō, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, weave”), extended from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to wrap”). Cognate with plicō, Ancient Greek πλέκω (plékō).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

plectō (present infinitive plectere, perfect active plexī or plexuī, supine plexum); third conjugation

  1. to plait, weave, braid
  2. to twist, bend, turn
Conjugation
   Conjugation of plectō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present plectō plectis plectit plectimus plectitis plectunt
imperfect plectēbam plectēbās plectēbat plectēbāmus plectēbātis plectēbant
future plectam plectēs plectet plectēmus plectētis plectent
perfect plexī,
plexuī 		plexistī,
plexuistī 		plexit,
plexuit 		pleximus,
plexuimus 		plexistis,
plexuistis 		plexērunt,
plexēre,
plexuērunt,
plexuēre
pluperfect plexeram,
plexueram 		plexerās,
plexuerās 		plexerat,
plexuerat 		plexerāmus,
plexuerāmus 		plexerātis,
plexuerātis 		plexerant,
plexuerant
future perfect plexerō,
plexuerō 		plexeris,
plexueris 		plexerit,
plexuerit 		plexerimus,
plexuerimus 		plexeritis,
plexueritis 		plexerint,
plexuerint
passive present plector plecteris,
plectere 		plectitur plectimur plectiminī plectuntur
imperfect plectēbar plectēbāris,
plectēbāre 		plectēbātur plectēbāmur plectēbāminī plectēbantur
future plectar plectēris,
plectēre 		plectētur plectēmur plectēminī plectentur
perfect plexus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect plexus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect plexus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present plectam plectās plectat plectāmus plectātis plectant
imperfect plecterem plecterēs plecteret plecterēmus plecterētis plecterent
perfect plexerim,
plexuerim 		plexerīs,
plexuerīs 		plexerit,
plexuerit 		plexerīmus,
plexuerīmus 		plexerītis,
plexuerītis 		plexerint,
plexuerint
pluperfect plexissem,
plexuissem 		plexissēs,
plexuissēs 		plexisset,
plexuisset 		plexissēmus,
plexuissēmus 		plexissētis,
plexuissētis 		plexissent,
plexuissent
passive present plectar plectāris,
plectāre 		plectātur plectāmur plectāminī plectantur
imperfect plecterer plecterēris,
plecterēre 		plecterētur plecterēmur plecterēminī plecterentur
perfect plexus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect plexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — plecte — — plectite —
future — plectitō plectitō — plectitōte plectuntō
passive present — plectere — — plectiminī —
future — plectitor plectitor — — plectuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives plectere plexisse,
plexuisse 		plexūrum esse plectī plexum esse plexum īrī
participles plectēns — plexūrus — plexus plectendus,
plectundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
plectendī plectendō plectendum plectendō plexum plexū
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁k- (“to beat, strike”). Cognate with plangō, plāga, and Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō).

Pronunciation

Verb

plēctō (present infinitive plēctere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  2. to punish; to beat
    Synonyms: mulctō, castīgō, moneō, multō, pūniō, expiō, obiūrgō, animadvertō, ulcīscor, exsequor
  3. to blame
Conjugation
   Conjugation of plēctō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present plēctō plēctis plēctit plēctimus plēctitis plēctunt
imperfect plēctēbam plēctēbās plēctēbat plēctēbāmus plēctēbātis plēctēbant
future plēctam plēctēs plēctet plēctēmus plēctētis plēctent
passive present plēctor plēcteris,
plēctere 		plēctitur plēctimur plēctiminī plēctuntur
imperfect plēctēbar plēctēbāris,
plēctēbāre 		plēctēbātur plēctēbāmur plēctēbāminī plēctēbantur
future plēctar plēctēris,
plēctēre 		plēctētur plēctēmur plēctēminī plēctentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present plēctam plēctās plēctat plēctāmus plēctātis plēctant
imperfect plēcterem plēcterēs plēcteret plēcterēmus plēcterētis plēcterent
passive present plēctar plēctāris,
plēctāre 		plēctātur plēctāmur plēctāminī plēctantur
imperfect plēcterer plēcterēris,
plēcterēre 		plēcterētur plēcterēmur plēcterēminī plēcterentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — plēcte — — plēctite —
future — plēctitō plēctitō — plēctitōte plēctuntō
passive present — plēctere — — plēctiminī —
future — plēctitor plēctitor — — plēctuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives plēctere — — plēctī — —
participles plēctēns — — — — plēctendus,
plēctundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
plēctendī plēctendō plēctendum plēctendō — —
Derived terms

References

  • “plecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “plecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • plecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 471-2
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