circumteneo

Latin

Etymology

From circum- (“around, about”) +‎ teneō (“hold, restrain”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kunˈte.ne.oː/, [kɪrkʊn̪ˈt̪ɛneoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈte.ne.o/, [t͡ʃirkun̪ˈt̪ɛːneo]

Verb

circumteneō (present infinitive circumtenēre, perfect active circumtenuī, supine circumtentum); second conjugation

(Late Latin) to keep around, possess

Conjugation

Conjugation of circumteneō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumteneō	circumtenēs	circumtenet	circumtenēmus	circumtenētis	circumtenent
	imperfect	circumtenēbam	circumtenēbās	circumtenēbat	circumtenēbāmus	circumtenēbātis	circumtenēbant
	future	circumtenēbō	circumtenēbis	circumtenēbit	circumtenēbimus	circumtenēbitis	circumtenēbunt
	perfect	circumtenuī	circumtenuistī	circumtenuit	circumtenuimus	circumtenuistis	circumtenuērunt, circumtenuēre
	pluperfect	circumtenueram	circumtenuerās	circumtenuerat	circumtenuerāmus	circumtenuerātis	circumtenuerant
	future perfect	circumtenuerō	circumtenueris	circumtenuerit	circumtenuerimus	circumtenueritis	circumtenuerint
passive	present	circumteneor	circumtenēris, circumtenēre	circumtenētur	circumtenēmur	circumtenēminī	circumtenentur
	imperfect	circumtenēbar	circumtenēbāris, circumtenēbāre	circumtenēbātur	circumtenēbāmur	circumtenēbāminī	circumtenēbantur
	future	circumtenēbor	circumtenēberis, circumtenēbere	circumtenēbitur	circumtenēbimur	circumtenēbiminī	circumtenēbuntur
	perfect	circumtentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumtentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumtentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumteneam	circumteneās	circumteneat	circumteneāmus	circumteneātis	circumteneant
	imperfect	circumtenērem	circumtenērēs	circumtenēret	circumtenērēmus	circumtenērētis	circumtenērent
	perfect	circumtenuerim	circumtenuerīs	circumtenuerit	circumtenuerīmus	circumtenuerītis	circumtenuerint
	pluperfect	circumtenuissem	circumtenuissēs	circumtenuisset	circumtenuissēmus	circumtenuissētis	circumtenuissent
passive	present	circumtenear	circumteneāris, circumteneāre	circumteneātur	circumteneāmur	circumteneāminī	circumteneantur
	imperfect	circumtenērer	circumtenērēris, circumtenērēre	circumtenērētur	circumtenērēmur	circumtenērēminī	circumtenērentur
	perfect	circumtentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumtentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	circumtenē	—	—	circumtenēte	—
active	future	—	circumtenētō	circumtenētō	—	circumtenētōte	circumtenentō
passive	present	—	circumtenēre	—	—	circumtenēminī	—
passive	future	—	circumtenētor	circumtenētor	—	—	circumtenentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		circumtenēre	circumtenuisse	circumtentūrum esse	circumtenērī	circumtentum esse	circumtentum īrī
participles		circumtenēns	—	circumtentūrus	—	circumtentus	circumtenendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		circumtenendī	circumtenendō	circumtenendum	circumtenendō	circumtentum	circumtentū

Related terms

References

“circumteneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
circumteneo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
circumteneo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016