conticeo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ taceō (“I am silent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈti.ke.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɪkeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈti.t͡ʃe.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪iːt͡ʃeo]

Verb

conticeō (present infinitive conticēre, perfect active conticuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (intransitive) to be silent or still
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.429–430:

     nox ubi iam mediā est somnōque silentia praebet,
     et canis et variae conticuistis avēs, [...].

     When midnight now is come, and provides stillness for sleep,
     and [you], dog, and [you], varied birds, are silent [...].
     (“conticuistis” is the indicative active perfect second-person plural: “you (plural) are silent” or “silenced”)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of conticeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active-only)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	conticeō		conticēs		conticet		conticēmus		conticētis		conticent
	imperfect	conticēbam		conticēbās		conticēbat		conticēbāmus		conticēbātis		conticēbant
	future	conticēbō		conticēbis		conticēbit		conticēbimus		conticēbitis		conticēbunt
	perfect	conticuī		conticuistī		conticuit		conticuimus		conticuistis		conticuērunt, conticuēre
	pluperfect	conticueram		conticuerās		conticuerat		conticuerāmus		conticuerātis		conticuerant
	future perfect	conticuerō		conticueris		conticuerit		conticuerimus		conticueritis		conticuerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	conticeam		conticeās		conticeat		conticeāmus		conticeātis		conticeant
	imperfect	conticērem		conticērēs		conticēret		conticērēmus		conticērētis		conticērent
	perfect	conticuerim		conticuerīs		conticuerit		conticuerīmus		conticuerītis		conticuerint
	pluperfect	conticuissem		conticuissēs		conticuisset		conticuissēmus		conticuissētis		conticuissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		conticē		—		—		conticēte		—
	future	—		conticētō		conticētō		—		conticētōte		conticentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		conticēre			—			conticēns			—
perfect		conticuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		conticendī		conticendō		conticendum		conticendō		—		—

Derived terms

• conticēscō

Related terms

• obticeō
• reticeō
• taceō

References

• “conticeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conticeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.