imbrico

See also: imbricó

Catalan

Verb

imbrico

first-person singular present indicative of imbricar

Latin

Etymology

From imbrex (“pantile”) +‎ -ō (verb suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈim.bri.koː/, [ˈɪmbrɪkoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈim.bri.ko/, [ˈimbriko]

Verb

imbricō (present infinitive imbricāre, supine imbricātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem

(post-classical) to cover with pantiles
- c. 430 CE – c. 489 CE, Sidonius Apollinaris, Letters 2.2:
  […], cum ab angulis quadrifariam concurrentia dorsa cristarum tegulis interiacentibus imbricarentur
  […], with the ridges of the crests meeting quadrifariously and interlaced with overlapping tiles
to form like a pantile
- c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 2.8:
  Incerta vero caementa alia super alia sedentia inter seque imbricata non speciosam sed firmiorem quam reticulata praestant structuram.
  Uncertain rubble stones, placed one on top of the other and overlapping together, provide a structure that is not as visually appealing as the reticulated one but more solid.
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 15.127:
  Cypriam esse folio brevi, nigro, per margines imbricato crispam.
  The Cyprian one had short, black leaves, crisped along the edges like tiles.

Inflection

Conjugation of imbricō (first conjugation, no perfect stem)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	imbricō	imbricās		imbricat	imbricāmus	imbricātis		imbricant
	imperfect	imbricābam	imbricābās		imbricābat	imbricābāmus	imbricābātis		imbricābant
	future	imbricābō	imbricābis		imbricābit	imbricābimus	imbricābitis		imbricābunt
passive	present	imbricor	imbricāre, imbricāris		imbricātur	imbricāmur	imbricāminī		imbricantur
	imperfect	imbricābar	imbricābāre, imbricābāris		imbricābātur	imbricābāmur	imbricābāminī		imbricābantur
	future	imbricābor	imbricābere, imbricāberis		imbricābitur	imbricābimur	imbricābiminī		imbricābuntur
	perfect	imbricātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	imbricātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	imbricātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	imbricem	imbricēs		imbricet	imbricēmus	imbricētis		imbricent
active	imperfect	imbricārem	imbricārēs		imbricāret	imbricārēmus	imbricārētis		imbricārent
passive	present	imbricer	imbricēre, imbricēris		imbricētur	imbricēmur	imbricēminī		imbricentur
	imperfect	imbricārer	imbricārēre, imbricārēris		imbricārētur	imbricārēmur	imbricārēminī		imbricārentur
	perfect	imbricātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	imbricātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	imbricā		—	—	imbricāte		—
active	future	—	imbricātō		imbricātō	—	imbricātōte		imbricantō
passive	present	—	imbricāre		—	—	imbricāminī		—
passive	future	—	imbricātor		imbricātor	—	—		imbricantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		imbricāre		imbricārī		imbricāns		—
future		imbricātūrum esse		imbricātum īrī		imbricātūrus		imbricandus
perfect		—		imbricātum esse		—		imbricātus
future perfect		—		imbricātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		imbricātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		imbricandī	imbricandō		imbricandum	imbricandō	imbricātum		imbricātū

Related terms

Descendants

Italian: embricare
→ Catalan: imbricar
→ English: imbricate
→ Spanish: imbricar

References

“imbrico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Spanish

Verb

imbrico

first-person singular present indicative of imbricar