imbrico

See also: imbricó

Catalan

Verb

imbrico

1. 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

1. (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

2. 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
		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	imbricāris, imbricāre	imbricātur	imbricāmur	imbricāminī	imbricantur
	imperfect	imbricābar	imbricābāris, imbricābāre	imbricābātur	imbricābāmur	imbricābāminī	imbricābantur
	future	imbricābor	imbricāberis, imbricābere	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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	imbricem	imbricēs	imbricet	imbricēmus	imbricētis	imbricent
	imperfect	imbricārem	imbricārēs	imbricāret	imbricārēmus	imbricārētis	imbricārent
passive	present	imbricer	imbricēris, imbricēre	imbricētur	imbricēmur	imbricēminī	imbricentur
	imperfect	imbricārer	imbricārēris, imbricārēre	imbricārētur	imbricārēmur	imbricārēminī	imbricārentur
	perfect	imbricātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	imbricātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	imbricā	—	—	imbricāte	—
	future	—	imbricātō	imbricātō	—	imbricātōte	imbricantō
passive	present	—	imbricāre	—	—	imbricāminī	—
	future	—	imbricātor	imbricātor	—	—	imbricantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		imbricāre	—	imbricātūrum esse	imbricārī	imbricātum esse	imbricātum īrī
participles		imbricāns	—	imbricātūrus	—	imbricātus	imbricandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		imbricandī	imbricandō	imbricandum	imbricandō	imbricātum	imbricātū

Related terms

• imbricātim
• imber

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

1. first-person singular present indicative of imbricar