consero

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.se.roː/, [ˈkõːs̠ɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.se.ro/, [ˈkɔnsero]

Etymology 1

From con- +‎ serō (“sow, plant”).

Verb

cōnserō (present infinitive cōnserere, perfect active cōnsēvī, supine cōnsatum); third conjugation

1. to sow or plant with or in
2. to sow, plant

Conjugation

• The fourth principal part may be cōnsitum or cōnsatum.

   Conjugation of cōnserō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnserō		cōnseris		cōnserit		cōnserimus		cōnseritis		cōnserunt
	imperfect	cōnserēbam		cōnserēbās		cōnserēbat		cōnserēbāmus		cōnserēbātis		cōnserēbant
	future	cōnseram		cōnserēs		cōnseret		cōnserēmus		cōnserētis		cōnserent
	perfect	cōnsēvī		cōnsēvistī		cōnsēvit		cōnsēvimus		cōnsēvistis		cōnsēvērunt, cōnsēvēre
	pluperfect	cōnsēveram		cōnsēverās		cōnsēverat		cōnsēverāmus		cōnsēverātis		cōnsēverant
	future perfect	cōnsēverō		cōnsēveris		cōnsēverit		cōnsēverimus		cōnsēveritis		cōnsēverint
passive	present	cōnseror		cōnsereris, cōnserere		cōnseritur		cōnserimur		cōnseriminī		cōnseruntur
	imperfect	cōnserēbar		cōnserēbāris, cōnserēbāre		cōnserēbātur		cōnserēbāmur		cōnserēbāminī		cōnserēbantur
	future	cōnserar		cōnserēris, cōnserēre		cōnserētur		cōnserēmur		cōnserēminī		cōnserentur
	perfect	cōnsatus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsatus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnsatus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnseram		cōnserās		cōnserat		cōnserāmus		cōnserātis		cōnserant
	imperfect	cōnsererem		cōnsererēs		cōnsereret		cōnsererēmus		cōnsererētis		cōnsererent
	perfect	cōnsēverim		cōnsēverīs		cōnsēverit		cōnsēverīmus		cōnsēverītis		cōnsēverint
	pluperfect	cōnsēvissem		cōnsēvissēs		cōnsēvisset		cōnsēvissēmus		cōnsēvissētis		cōnsēvissent
passive	present	cōnserar		cōnserāris, cōnserāre		cōnserātur		cōnserāmur		cōnserāminī		cōnserantur
	imperfect	cōnsererer		cōnsererēris, cōnsererēre		cōnsererētur		cōnsererēmur		cōnsererēminī		cōnsererentur
	perfect	cōnsatus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsatus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnsere		—		—		cōnserite		—
	future	—		cōnseritō		cōnseritō		—		cōnseritōte		cōnseruntō
passive	present	—		cōnserere		—		—		cōnseriminī		—
	future	—		cōnseritor		cōnseritor		—		—		cōnseruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnserere			cōnserī			cōnserēns			—
future		cōnsatūrum esse			cōnsatum īrī			cōnsatūrus			cōnserendus, cōnserundus
perfect		cōnsēvisse			cōnsatum esse			—			cōnsatus
future perfect		—			cōnsatum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnsatūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnserendī		cōnserendō		cōnserendum		cōnserendō		cōnsatum		cōnsatū

Etymology 2

From con- +‎ serō (“join or bind together”).

Verb

cōnserō (present infinitive cōnserere, perfect active cōnseruī, supine cōnsertum); third conjugation

1. to fasten, connect, entwine, tie, join or bind into a whole

   Synonyms: colligō, illigō, ligō, adalligō, dēligō, cōnfīgō, iniungō, alligō, nectō, cōnectō, dēfīgō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō

   Antonyms: absolvō, persolvō, solvō, distrahō, dissolvō, explicō, rumpō, sēparō

2. to unite or bring together

   Synonyms: conferō, convehō, contrahō, congerō, contribuō, committō, cōgō, stīpō, glomerō, compellō

3. (with manum or manus) to engage in close combat, join battle
4. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to fold or enfold
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.24.33:

     Parum inquam dormiēs, modicum dormītābis, pauxillum manūs cōnserēs ut quiēscās. (future active indicative)

     Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest [...].
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnserō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnserō		cōnseris		cōnserit		cōnserimus		cōnseritis		cōnserunt
	imperfect	cōnserēbam		cōnserēbās		cōnserēbat		cōnserēbāmus		cōnserēbātis		cōnserēbant
	future	cōnseram		cōnserēs		cōnseret		cōnserēmus		cōnserētis		cōnserent
	perfect	cōnseruī		cōnseruistī		cōnseruit		cōnseruimus		cōnseruistis		cōnseruērunt, cōnseruēre
	pluperfect	cōnserueram		cōnseruerās		cōnseruerat		cōnseruerāmus		cōnseruerātis		cōnseruerant
	future perfect	cōnseruerō		cōnserueris		cōnseruerit		cōnseruerimus		cōnserueritis		cōnseruerint
passive	present	cōnseror		cōnsereris, cōnserere		cōnseritur		cōnserimur		cōnseriminī		cōnseruntur
	imperfect	cōnserēbar		cōnserēbāris, cōnserēbāre		cōnserēbātur		cōnserēbāmur		cōnserēbāminī		cōnserēbantur
	future	cōnserar		cōnserēris, cōnserēre		cōnserētur		cōnserēmur		cōnserēminī		cōnserentur
	perfect	cōnsertus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsertus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnsertus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnseram		cōnserās		cōnserat		cōnserāmus		cōnserātis		cōnserant
	imperfect	cōnsererem		cōnsererēs		cōnsereret		cōnsererēmus		cōnsererētis		cōnsererent
	perfect	cōnseruerim		cōnseruerīs		cōnseruerit		cōnseruerīmus		cōnseruerītis		cōnseruerint
	pluperfect	cōnseruissem		cōnseruissēs		cōnseruisset		cōnseruissēmus		cōnseruissētis		cōnseruissent
passive	present	cōnserar		cōnserāris, cōnserāre		cōnserātur		cōnserāmur		cōnserāminī		cōnserantur
	imperfect	cōnsererer		cōnsererēris, cōnsererēre		cōnsererētur		cōnsererēmur		cōnsererēminī		cōnsererentur
	perfect	cōnsertus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsertus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnsere		—		—		cōnserite		—
	future	—		cōnseritō		cōnseritō		—		cōnseritōte		cōnseruntō
passive	present	—		cōnserere		—		—		cōnseriminī		—
	future	—		cōnseritor		cōnseritor		—		—		cōnseruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnserere			cōnserī			cōnserēns			—
future		cōnsertūrum esse			cōnsertum īrī			cōnsertūrus			cōnserendus, cōnserundus
perfect		cōnseruisse			cōnsertum esse			—			cōnsertus
future perfect		—			cōnsertum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnsertūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnserendī		cōnserendō		cōnserendum		cōnserendō		cōnsertum		cōnsertū

References

• “consero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “consero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to come to close quarters: manum (us) conserere cum hoste