communico

Latin

Etymology

From commūnis (“common, public, general”) +‎ -icō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈmuː.ni.koː/, [kɔmˈmuːnɪkoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈmu.ni.ko/, [komˈmuːniko]

Verb

commūnicō (present infinitive commūnicāre, perfect active commūnicāvī, supine commūnicātum); first conjugation

(in giving) to impart, share
(in receiving) to share, partake, participate in
to join, unite, add, link, connect (to an equal part)
to make common, bring into common use
(figuratively) to contaminate, defile, communicate
(Medieval Latin) to communicate

Conjugation

Conjugation of commūnicō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	commūnicō	commūnicās		commūnicat	commūnicāmus	commūnicātis		commūnicant
	imperfect	commūnicābam	commūnicābās		commūnicābat	commūnicābāmus	commūnicābātis		commūnicābant
	future	commūnicābō	commūnicābis		commūnicābit	commūnicābimus	commūnicābitis		commūnicābunt
	perfect	commūnicāvī	commūnicāvistī, commūnicāstī¹		commūnicāvit, commūnicāt¹	commūnicāvimus, commūnicāmus¹	commūnicāvistis, commūnicāstis¹		commūnicāvēre, commūnicāvērunt, commūnicārunt¹
	pluperfect	commūnicāveram, commūnicāram¹	commūnicāverās, commūnicārās¹		commūnicāverat, commūnicārat¹	commūnicāverāmus, commūnicārāmus¹	commūnicāverātis, commūnicārātis¹		commūnicāverant, commūnicārant¹
	future perfect	commūnicāverō, commūnicārō¹	commūnicāveris, commūnicāris¹		commūnicāverit, commūnicārit¹	commūnicāverimus, commūnicārimus¹	commūnicāveritis, commūnicāritis¹		commūnicāverint, commūnicārint¹
passive	present	commūnicor	commūnicāre, commūnicāris		commūnicātur	commūnicāmur	commūnicāminī		commūnicantur
	imperfect	commūnicābar	commūnicābāre, commūnicābāris		commūnicābātur	commūnicābāmur	commūnicābāminī		commūnicābantur
	future	commūnicābor	commūnicābere, commūnicāberis		commūnicābitur	commūnicābimur	commūnicābiminī		commūnicābuntur
	perfect	commūnicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commūnicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commūnicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	commūnicem	commūnicēs		commūnicet	commūnicēmus	commūnicētis		commūnicent
	imperfect	commūnicārem	commūnicārēs		commūnicāret	commūnicārēmus	commūnicārētis		commūnicārent
	perfect	commūnicāverim, commūnicārim¹	commūnicāverīs, commūnicārīs¹		commūnicāverit, commūnicārit¹	commūnicāverīmus, commūnicārīmus¹	commūnicāverītis, commūnicārītis¹		commūnicāverint, commūnicārint¹
	pluperfect	commūnicāvissem, commūnicāssem¹	commūnicāvissēs, commūnicāssēs¹		commūnicāvisset, commūnicāsset¹	commūnicāvissēmus, commūnicāssēmus¹	commūnicāvissētis, commūnicāssētis¹		commūnicāvissent, commūnicāssent¹
passive	present	commūnicer	commūnicēre, commūnicēris		commūnicētur	commūnicēmur	commūnicēminī		commūnicentur
	imperfect	commūnicārer	commūnicārēre, commūnicārēris		commūnicārētur	commūnicārēmur	commūnicārēminī		commūnicārentur
	perfect	commūnicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commūnicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	commūnicā		—	—	commūnicāte		—
active	future	—	commūnicātō		commūnicātō	—	commūnicātōte		commūnicantō
passive	present	—	commūnicāre		—	—	commūnicāminī		—
passive	future	—	commūnicātor		commūnicātor	—	—		commūnicantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		commūnicāre		commūnicārī		commūnicāns		—
future		commūnicātūrum esse		commūnicātum īrī		commūnicātūrus		commūnicandus
perfect		commūnicāvisse, commūnicāsse¹		commūnicātum esse		—		commūnicātus
future perfect		—		commūnicātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		commūnicātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		commūnicandī	commūnicandō		commūnicandum	commūnicandō	commūnicātum		commūnicātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Synonyms

(add): addō

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Albanian: kungoj
Aromanian: cumnic, cumãnic, cumnicari
→ Asturian: comunicar
Catalan: combregar
→ Catalan: comunicar
→ English: communicate
→ French: communier
→ French: communiquer
- → Romanian: comunica
Friulian: comunicâ
→ Galician: comunicar
→ German: kommunizieren
Italian: comunicare
Occitan: comenjar
→ Occitan: comunicar
Old Galician-Portuguese: comungar
- Galician: comungar
- Portuguese: comungar
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: comulgar
→ Polish: komunikować
→ Portuguese: comunicar
Romanian: cumineca, cuminecare
→ Romanian: comunica
Sicilian: cumunicari
→ Spanish: comunicar
Venetan: comunicar

References

“communico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“communico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
communico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (1) to communicate one's plans to some one; (2) to make common cause with a person. Similarly c. causam, rationem: consilia cum aliquo communicare
- to take common counsel: consilia inter se communicare

Portuguese

Verb

communico

first-person singular present indicative of communicar