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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ingemere			ingemī			ingemēns			—
future		ingemitūrum esse			ingemitum īrī			ingemitūrus			ingemendus, ingemundus
perfect		ingemuisse			ingemitum esse			—			ingemitus
future perfect		—			ingemitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		ingemitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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.