intellego

Latin

Alternative forms

intelligō

Etymology

From inter (“between”) +‎ legō (“to select”), or from inter- +‎ Proto-Italic *legō (“to care”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈtel.le.ɡoː/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛlːʲɛɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈtel.le.ɡo/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛlːeɡo]

Verb

intellegō (present infinitive intellegere, perfect active intellēxī, supine intellēctum); third conjugation

to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know
Synonym: tongeō
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations‎^[1]:
  , 1.2
  O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?
  Shame on the age and on its principles! The senate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives. Lives!
to perceive, discern, see, observe, recognise; feel, notice
Synonyms: agnōscō, cognōscō, inveniō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, scīscō, percipiō, discernō, tongeō, cernō, audiō

Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

Conjugation

Conjugation of intellegō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	intellegō	intellegis		intellegit	intellegimus	intellegitis		intellegunt
	imperfect	intellegēbam	intellegēbās		intellegēbat	intellegēbāmus	intellegēbātis		intellegēbant
	future	intellegam	intellegēs		intelleget	intellegēmus	intellegētis		intellegent
	perfect	intellēxī	intellēxistī		intellēxit	intellēximus	intellēxistis		intellēxērunt, intellēxēre
	pluperfect	intellēxeram	intellēxerās		intellēxerat	intellēxerāmus	intellēxerātis		intellēxerant
	future perfect	intellēxerō	intellēxeris		intellēxerit	intellēxerimus	intellēxeritis		intellēxerint
passive	present	intellegor	intellegeris, intellegere		intellegitur	intellegimur	intellegiminī		intelleguntur
	imperfect	intellegēbar	intellegēbāris, intellegēbāre		intellegēbātur	intellegēbāmur	intellegēbāminī		intellegēbantur
	future	intellegar	intellegēris, intellegēre		intellegētur	intellegēmur	intellegēminī		intellegentur
	perfect	intellēctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	intellēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	intellēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	intellegam	intellegās		intellegat	intellegāmus	intellegātis		intellegant
	imperfect	intellegerem	intellegerēs		intellegeret	intellegerēmus	intellegerētis		intellegerent
	perfect	intellēxerim	intellēxerīs		intellēxerit	intellēxerīmus	intellēxerītis		intellēxerint
	pluperfect	intellēxissem	intellēxissēs		intellēxisset	intellēxissēmus	intellēxissētis		intellēxissent
passive	present	intellegar	intellegāris, intellegāre		intellegātur	intellegāmur	intellegāminī		intellegantur
	imperfect	intellegerer	intellegerēris, intellegerēre		intellegerētur	intellegerēmur	intellegerēminī		intellegerentur
	perfect	intellēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	intellēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	intellege		—	—	intellegite		—
active	future	—	intellegitō		intellegitō	—	intellegitōte		intelleguntō
passive	present	—	intellegere		—	—	intellegiminī		—
passive	future	—	intellegitor		intellegitor	—	—		intelleguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		intellegere		intellegī		intellegēns		—
future		intellēctūrum esse		intellēctum īrī		intellēctūrus		intellegendus, intellegundus
perfect		intellēxisse		intellēctum esse		—		intellēctus
future perfect		—		intellēctum fore		—		—
perfect potential		intellēctūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		intellegendī	intellegendō		intellegendum	intellegendō	intellēctum		intellēctū

Note: Perfect subjunctive sometimes of the form intellēg... rather than intellēx...
Additional forms are:
- indicative perfect: intellēxtī (instead of intellēxistī)
- indicative perfect: intellēgit (instead of intellēxit)
- conjunctive perfect: intellēgerint (instead of intellēxerint)
- conjunctive pluperfect: intellēxēs (instead of intellēxissēs)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: ntsileg, ntsilegu, ntsãleg, ntsãlegu
- Istro-Romanian: anțeleg
- Megleno-Romanian: ạnțileg
- Romanian: înțelege
- → Proto-Albanian: *intellegɔnjœ
  - Old Albanian: ëndiglonj
    - Albanian: dëgjoj, digjoj — Tosk, ndëgjoj, ndëgoj, dëlgoj, dëlgonj, diligonj, ngjoj — dialectal, ndigoj, ngoj — Kosovo, endiglo — Cham, ëndiglonj — Buzuku
Italo-Western Romance:
- Old French: entelgir (10th c. Fragment de Valenciennes), entillier, antillier (Judeo-French)
  - Middle French: entiller
- Romansch: encleger, entelgir, antalir, incleger
- → Basque: indelgatu, entelegatu
Learned borrowings:
- → Portuguese: inteligir
- → Spanish: inteligir

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭntĕllĕgĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 739