increpo

See also: increpó

Catalan

Verb

increpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of increpar

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ crepō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.kre.poː/, [ˈɪŋkrɛpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.kre.po/, [ˈiŋkrepo]

Verb

increpō (present infinitive increpāre, perfect active increpuī or increpāvī, supine increpitum or increpātum); first conjugation

1. to rattle, twang or make a similar noise; to cause to give forth a sound, sound, resound
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.812:

     annuit Alcīdēs increpuitque lyram

     Alcides nodded assent and sounded [his] lyre.
     (Alcides: Alternate name for Hercules. The extant text of Ovid’s Fasti (poem) includes only the first six months of the Roman year; this is the final line for June.)

2. to rebuke, chide, protest, complain

   Synonyms: obiūrgō, castīgō, accūsō, corripiō, incūsō, obloquor, exprobrō, arripiō, pulsō, acclāmō, inclāmō, animadverto, īnsector, reprehendō, arguō

3. (poetic) to exhort, stimulate, urge

   Synonyms: sollicitor, perpello, eccito, instigo, instinguo, adhortor, excito, excio, cieo, molior, ago

Conjugation

   Conjugation of increpō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	increpō		increpās		increpat		increpāmus		increpātis		increpant
	imperfect	increpābam		increpābās		increpābat		increpābāmus		increpābātis		increpābant
	future	increpābō		increpābis		increpābit		increpābimus		increpābitis		increpābunt
	perfect	increpuī, increpāvī		increpuistī, increpāvistī		increpuit, increpāvit		increpuimus, increpāvimus		increpuistis, increpāvistis		increpuēre, increpuērunt, increpāvērunt, increpāvēre
	pluperfect	increpueram, increpāveram		increpuerās, increpāverās		increpuerat, increpāverat		increpuerāmus, increpāverāmus		increpuerātis, increpāverātis		increpuerant, increpāverant
	future perfect	increpuerō, increpāverō		increpueris, increpāveris		increpuerit, increpāverit		increpuerimus, increpāverimus		increpueritis, increpāveritis		increpuerint, increpāverint
passive	present	increpor		increpāre, increpāris		increpātur		increpāmur		increpāminī		increpantur
	imperfect	increpābar		increpābāre, increpābāris		increpābātur		increpābāmur		increpābāminī		increpābantur
	future	increpābor		increpābere, increpāberis		increpābitur		increpābimur		increpābiminī		increpābuntur
	perfect	increpitus or increpātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	increpitus or increpātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	increpitus or increpātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	increpem		increpēs		increpet		increpēmus		increpētis		increpent
	imperfect	increpārem		increpārēs		increpāret		increpārēmus		increpārētis		increpārent
	perfect	increpuerim, increpāverim		increpuerīs, increpāverīs		increpuerit, increpāverit		increpuerīmus, increpāverīmus		increpuerītis, increpāverītis		increpuerint, increpāverint
	pluperfect	increpuissem, increpāvissem		increpuissēs, increpāvissēs		increpuisset, increpāvisset		increpuissēmus, increpāvissēmus		increpuissētis, increpāvissētis		increpuissent, increpāvissent
passive	present	increper		increpēre, increpēris		increpētur		increpēmur		increpēminī		increpentur
	imperfect	increpārer		increpārēre, increpārēris		increpārētur		increpārēmur		increpārēminī		increpārentur
	perfect	increpitus or increpātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	increpitus or increpātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		increpā		—		—		increpāte		—
	future	—		increpātō		increpātō		—		increpātōte		increpantō
passive	present	—		increpāre		—		—		increpāminī		—
	future	—		increpātor		increpātor		—		—		increpantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		increpāre			increpārī			increpāns			—
future		increpitūrum esse, increpātūrum esse			increpitum īrī, increpātum īrī			increpitūrus, increpātūrus			increpandus
perfect		increpuisse, increpāvisse			increpitum esse, increpātum esse			—			increpitus, increpātus
future perfect		—			increpitum fore, increpātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		increpitūrum fuisse, increpātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		increpandī		increpandō		increpandum		increpandō		increpitum, increpātum		increpitū, increpātū

Derived terms

• increpātiō

Descendants

• Catalan: increpar
• English: increpate
• Spanish: increpar

References

• “increpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• increpo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “increpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• increpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈkɾepo/ [ĩŋˈkɾe.po]
• Rhymes: -epo
• Syllabification: in‧cre‧po

Verb

increpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of increpar