commoveo

Latin

Alternative forms

• conmoveō

Etymology

From con- (“with, together”) +‎ moveō (“move”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈmo.u̯e.oː/, [kɔmˈmou̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈmo.ve.o/, [komˈmɔːveo]

Verb

commoveō (present infinitive commovēre, perfect active commōvī, supine commōtum); second conjugation

1. to move something in violent motion, move; shake, stir, shift, agitate
2. to remove something from somewhere, carry away, displace
3. (by extension) to start, set in motion, stimulate, begin, move
4. (figuratively) to drive back, dislodge, refute, confute
5. (figuratively) to throw into disorder, unbalance, unsettle, disturb
6. (figuratively) to excite, rouse, stir up, affect, influence, produce, generate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of commoveō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	commoveō		commovēs		commovet		commovēmus		commovētis		commovent
	imperfect	commovēbam		commovēbās		commovēbat		commovēbāmus		commovēbātis		commovēbant
	future	commovēbō		commovēbis		commovēbit		commovēbimus		commovēbitis		commovēbunt
	perfect	commōvī		commōvistī		commōvit		commōvimus		commōvistis		commōvērunt, commōvēre
	pluperfect	commōveram		commōverās		commōverat		commōverāmus		commōverātis		commōverant
	future perfect	commōverō		commōveris		commōverit		commōverimus		commōveritis		commōverint
passive	present	commoveor		commovēris, commovēre		commovētur		commovēmur		commovēminī		commoventur
	imperfect	commovēbar		commovēbāris, commovēbāre		commovēbātur		commovēbāmur		commovēbāminī		commovēbantur
	future	commovēbor		commovēberis, commovēbere		commovēbitur		commovēbimur		commovēbiminī		commovēbuntur
	perfect	commōtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	commoveam		commoveās		commoveat		commoveāmus		commoveātis		commoveant
	imperfect	commovērem		commovērēs		commovēret		commovērēmus		commovērētis		commovērent
	perfect	commōverim		commōverīs		commōverit		commōverīmus		commōverītis		commōverint
	pluperfect	commōvissem		commōvissēs		commōvisset		commōvissēmus		commōvissētis		commōvissent
passive	present	commovear		commoveāris, commoveāre		commoveātur		commoveāmur		commoveāminī		commoveantur
	imperfect	commovērer		commovērēris, commovērēre		commovērētur		commovērēmur		commovērēminī		commovērentur
	perfect	commōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		commovē		—		—		commovēte		—
	future	—		commovētō		commovētō		—		commovētōte		commoventō
passive	present	—		commovēre		—		—		commovēminī		—
	future	—		commovētor		commovētor		—		—		commoventor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		commovēre			commovērī			commovēns			—
future		commōtūrum esse			commōtum īrī			commōtūrus			commovendus
perfect		commōvisse			commōtum esse			—			commōtus
future perfect		—			commōtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		commōtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		commovendī		commovendō		commovendum		commovendō		commōtum		commōtū

Derived terms

• commōtiō
• commōtiuncula
• commōtō
• commōtor
• commōtus

Related terms

• admoveō
• āmoveō
• dēmoveō
• dīmoveō
• ēmoveō
• moveō
• mūtō
• permoveō
• praemoveō
• prōmoveō
• removeō
• sēmoveō
• submoveō
• trānsmoveō

Descendants

• Catalan: commoure
• English: commove
• Galician: conmover
• Italian: commuovere
• Portuguese: comover
• Sicilian: cummòviri
• Spanish: conmover

References

• “commoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “commoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• commoveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be moved by a thing: aliqua re moveri, commoveri
    
  • to touch a person's heart, move him: alicuius animum commovere
    
  • to cause a person pain: dolorem alicui facere, afferre, commovere
    
  • to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere
    
  • to excite some one's pity: misericordiam alicui commovere