ingemo

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ gemō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ɡe.moː/, [ˈɪŋɡɛmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.d͡ʒe.mo/, [ˈin̠ʲd͡ʒemo]

Verb

ingemō (present infinitive ingemere, perfect active ingemuī, supine ingemitum); third conjugation

1. to groan, moan or sigh (at or over)

   Synonyms: ingemīscō, gemō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.691-692:

     [...] oculīsque errantibus altō / quaesīvit caelō lūcem, ingemuitque reperta.

     And with wandering eyes [Dido] searched for high heaven’s light, and having found it, she groaned.

2. (transitive) to deplore, lament

   Synonyms: plangō, dēplōrō, lūgeō, gemō, queror, conqueror, fleō

3. to creak

Conjugation

• The third principal part is shared with ingemēscō.

Conjugation of ingemō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ingemō	ingemis	ingemit	ingemimus	ingemitis	ingemunt
	imperfect	ingemēbam	ingemēbās	ingemēbat	ingemēbāmus	ingemēbātis	ingemēbant
	future	ingemam	ingemēs	ingemet	ingemēmus	ingemētis	ingement
	perfect	ingemuī	ingemuistī	ingemuit	ingemuimus	ingemuistis	ingemuērunt, ingemuēre
	pluperfect	ingemueram	ingemuerās	ingemuerat	ingemuerāmus	ingemuerātis	ingemuerant
	future perfect	ingemuerō	ingemueris	ingemuerit	ingemuerimus	ingemueritis	ingemuerint
passive	present	ingemor	ingemeris, ingemere	ingemitur	ingemimur	ingemiminī	ingemuntur
	imperfect	ingemēbar	ingemēbāris, ingemēbāre	ingemēbātur	ingemēbāmur	ingemēbāminī	ingemēbantur
	future	ingemar	ingemēris, ingemēre	ingemētur	ingemēmur	ingemēminī	ingementur
	perfect	ingemitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ingemitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ingemitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ingemam	ingemās	ingemat	ingemāmus	ingemātis	ingemant
	imperfect	ingemerem	ingemerēs	ingemeret	ingemerēmus	ingemerētis	ingemerent
	perfect	ingemuerim	ingemuerīs	ingemuerit	ingemuerīmus	ingemuerītis	ingemuerint
	pluperfect	ingemuissem	ingemuissēs	ingemuisset	ingemuissēmus	ingemuissētis	ingemuissent
passive	present	ingemar	ingemāris, ingemāre	ingemātur	ingemāmur	ingemāminī	ingemantur
	imperfect	ingemerer	ingemerēris, ingemerēre	ingemerētur	ingemerēmur	ingemerēminī	ingemerentur
	perfect	ingemitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ingemitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ingeme	—	—	ingemite	—
	future	—	ingemitō	ingemitō	—	ingemitōte	ingemuntō
passive	present	—	ingemere	—	—	ingemiminī	—
	future	—	ingemitor	ingemitor	—	—	ingemuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ingemere	ingemuisse	ingemitūrum esse	ingemī	ingemitum esse	ingemitum īrī
participles		ingemēns	—	ingemitūrus	—	ingemitus	ingemendus, ingemundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ingemendī	ingemendō	ingemendum	ingemendō	ingemitum	ingemitū

Derived terms

• ingemēscō

References

• “ingemo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ingemo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ingemo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.