indago

See also: indagó and indagò

Catalan

Verb

indago

first-person singular present indicative of indagar

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /inˈda.ɡo/
Rhymes: -aɡo
Hyphenation: in‧dà‧go

Verb

indago

first-person singular present indicative of indagare

Anagrams

gonadi

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈdaː.ɡoː/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪äːɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈda.ɡo/, [in̪ˈd̪äːɡo]

Etymology 1

From indu + agō.

Verb

indāgō (present infinitive indāgāre, perfect active indāgāvī, supine indāgātum); first conjugation

to track, trace, hunt by tracking
to explore, investigate, search into
Synonyms: scīscitor, quaerō, scīscō, scrūtor, percontor, rogitō, investīgō, conquīrō, cōnsīderō, explōrō

Conjugation

Conjugation of indāgō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	indāgō	indāgās		indāgat	indāgāmus	indāgātis		indāgant
	imperfect	indāgābam	indāgābās		indāgābat	indāgābāmus	indāgābātis		indāgābant
	future	indāgābō	indāgābis		indāgābit	indāgābimus	indāgābitis		indāgābunt
	perfect	indāgāvī	indāgāvistī		indāgāvit	indāgāvimus	indāgāvistis		indāgāvērunt, indāgāvēre
	pluperfect	indāgāveram	indāgāverās		indāgāverat	indāgāverāmus	indāgāverātis		indāgāverant
	future perfect	indāgāverō	indāgāveris		indāgāverit	indāgāverimus	indāgāveritis		indāgāverint
passive	present	indāgor	indāgāris, indāgāre		indāgātur	indāgāmur	indāgāminī		indāgantur
	imperfect	indāgābar	indāgābāris, indāgābāre		indāgābātur	indāgābāmur	indāgābāminī		indāgābantur
	future	indāgābor	indāgāberis, indāgābere		indāgābitur	indāgābimur	indāgābiminī		indāgābuntur
	perfect	indāgātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	indāgātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	indāgātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	indāgem	indāgēs		indāget	indāgēmus	indāgētis		indāgent
	imperfect	indāgārem	indāgārēs		indāgāret	indāgārēmus	indāgārētis		indāgārent
	perfect	indāgāverim	indāgāverīs		indāgāverit	indāgāverīmus	indāgāverītis		indāgāverint
	pluperfect	indāgāvissem	indāgāvissēs		indāgāvisset	indāgāvissēmus	indāgāvissētis		indāgāvissent
passive	present	indāger	indāgēris, indāgēre		indāgētur	indāgēmur	indāgēminī		indāgentur
	imperfect	indāgārer	indāgārēris, indāgārēre		indāgārētur	indāgārēmur	indāgārēminī		indāgārentur
	perfect	indāgātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	indāgātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	indāgā		—	—	indāgāte		—
active	future	—	indāgātō		indāgātō	—	indāgātōte		indāgantō
passive	present	—	indāgāre		—	—	indāgāminī		—
passive	future	—	indāgātor		indāgātor	—	—		indāgantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		indāgāre		indāgārī, indāgārier¹		indāgāns		—
future		indāgātūrum esse		indāgātum īrī		indāgātūrus		indāgandus
perfect		indāgāvisse		indāgātum esse		—		indāgātus
future perfect		—		indāgātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		indāgātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		indāgandī	indāgandō		indāgandum	indāgandō	indāgātum		indāgātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Asturian: indagar
→ Catalan: indagar
→ English: indagate
→ Galician: indagar
→ Italian: indagare
→ Polish: indagować
→ Portuguese: indagar
→ Spanish: indagar

Etymology 2

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Noun

indāgō f (genitive indāginis); third declension

an encircling, enclosing of wild animals using nets
a surrounding of enemies
an investigation, examining
(Late Latin, law) a judicial inquiry
(Medieval Latin) an enclosure (territory); a park (land set aside for hunting) or forest
(Medieval Latin, Hungary) a march (border country)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	indāgō	indāginēs
genitive	indāginis	indāginum
dative	indāginī	indāginibus
accusative	indāginem	indāginēs
ablative	indāgine	indāginibus
vocative	indāgō	indāginēs

Synonyms

(investigation): indāgātiō

Descendants

Galician: andaina
Spanish: andén

References

“indago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“indago”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
indago in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give the etymological explanation of words: nomina enodare or verborum origines quaerere, indagare
“indago”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
indago in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
indago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “indago”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Portuguese

Verb

indago

first-person singular present indicative of indagar

Spanish

Verb

indago

first-person singular present indicative of indagar