coeo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ eō (“go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.e.oː/, [ˈkoeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.e.o/, [ˈkɔːeo]

Verb

coeō (present infinitive coīre, perfect active coiī or coīvī, supine coitum); irregular conjugation, irregular

1. to assemble, meet, come together

   in triclinio coeam, in cubiculo nolam ― I meet (you) at the table but I won’t at the dormitory

2. to encounter, come up against
3. to copulate, have sex
4. to join, ally with
5. to unite, come together as a whole
6. 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.

   Conjugation of coeō (irregular)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	coeō	coīs	coit	coīmus	coītis	coeunt
	imperfect	coībam	coībās	coībat	coībāmus	coībātis	coībant
	future	coībō	coībis	coībit	coībimus	coībitis	coībunt
	perfect	coiī, coīvī	coīstī, coīvistī	coiit, coīvit	coiimus	coīstis	coiērunt, coiēre
	pluperfect	coieram	coierās	coierat	coierāmus	coierātis	coierant
	future perfect	coierō	coieris	coierit	coierimus	coieritis	coierint
passive	present	coeor	coīris, coīre	coītur	coīmur	coīminī	coeuntur
	imperfect	coībar	coībāris, coībāre	coībātur	coībāmur	coībāminī	coībantur
	future	coībor	coīberis, coībere	coībitur	coībimur	coībiminī	coībuntur
	perfect	coitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	coitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	coitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	coeam	coeās	coeat	coeāmus	coeātis	coeant
	imperfect	coīrem	coīrēs	coīret	coīrēmus	coīrētis	coīrent
	perfect	coierim	coierīs	coierit	coierīmus	coierītis	coierint
	pluperfect	coīssem	coīssēs	coīsset	coīssēmus	coīssētis	coīssent
passive	present	coear	coeāris, coeāre	coeātur	coeāmur	coeāminī	coeantur
	imperfect	coīrer	coīrēris, coīrēre	coīrētur	coīrēmur	coīrēminī	coīrentur
	perfect	coitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	coitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	coī	—	—	coīte	—
	future	—	coītō	coītō	—	coītōte	coeuntō
passive	present	—	coīre	—	—	coīminī	—
	future	—	coītor	coītor	—	—	coeuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		coīre	coīsse	coitūrum esse	coīrī	coitum esse	coitum īrī
participles		coiēns	—	coitūrus	—	coitus	coeundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		coeundī	coeundō	coeundum	coeundō	coitum	coitū

Derived terms

• coitiō
• coitus

Related terms

• comes

Descendants

• → Middle French: cohir

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