investigo

See also: investigó and investigò

Catalan

Verb

investigo

first-person singular present indicative of investigar

Galician

Verb

investigo

first-person singular present indicative of investigar

Italian

Verb

investigo

first-person singular present indicative of investigare

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ vestīgō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.u̯esˈtiː.ɡoː/, [ɪnu̯ɛs̠ˈt̪iːɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.vesˈti.ɡo/, [iɱvesˈt̪iːɡo]

Verb

investīgō (present infinitive investīgāre, perfect active investīgāvī, supine investīgātum); first conjugation

to track or trace out, search after
to discover, investigate, search into
Synonyms: scīscitor, quaerō, scīscō, scrūtor, percontor, indāgō, conquīrō, requīrō, interrogō, explōrō

Conjugation

Conjugation of investīgō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	investīgō	investīgās	investīgat	investīgāmus	investīgātis	investīgant
	imperfect	investīgābam	investīgābās	investīgābat	investīgābāmus	investīgābātis	investīgābant
	future	investīgābō	investīgābis	investīgābit	investīgābimus	investīgābitis	investīgābunt
	perfect	investīgāvī	investīgāvistī	investīgāvit	investīgāvimus	investīgāvistis	investīgāvērunt, investīgāvēre
	pluperfect	investīgāveram	investīgāverās	investīgāverat	investīgāverāmus	investīgāverātis	investīgāverant
	future perfect	investīgāverō	investīgāveris	investīgāverit	investīgāverimus	investīgāveritis	investīgāverint
passive	present	investīgor	investīgāris, investīgāre	investīgātur	investīgāmur	investīgāminī	investīgantur
	imperfect	investīgābar	investīgābāris, investīgābāre	investīgābātur	investīgābāmur	investīgābāminī	investīgābantur
	future	investīgābor	investīgāberis, investīgābere	investīgābitur	investīgābimur	investīgābiminī	investīgābuntur
	perfect	investīgātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	investīgātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	investīgātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	investīgem	investīgēs	investīget	investīgēmus	investīgētis	investīgent
imperfect	investīgārem	investīgārēs	investīgāret	investīgārēmus	investīgārētis	investīgārent
perfect	investīgāverim	investīgāverīs	investīgāverit	investīgāverīmus	investīgāverītis	investīgāverint
pluperfect	investīgāvissem	investīgāvissēs	investīgāvisset	investīgāvissēmus	investīgāvissētis	investīgāvissent
passive	present	investīger	investīgēris, investīgēre	investīgētur	investīgēmur	investīgēminī	investīgentur
imperfect	investīgārer	investīgārēris, investīgārēre	investīgārētur	investīgārēmur	investīgārēminī	investīgārentur
perfect	investīgātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	investīgātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	investīgā	—	—	investīgāte	—
active	future	—	investīgātō	investīgātō	—	investīgātōte	investīgantō
passive	present	—	investīgāre	—	—	investīgāminī	—
passive	future	—	investīgātor	investīgātor	—	—	investīgantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		investīgāre	investīgāvisse	investīgātūrum esse	investīgārī	investīgātum esse	investīgātum īrī
participles		investīgāns	—	investīgātūrus	—	investīgātus	investīgandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		investīgandī	investīgandō	investīgandum	investīgandō	investīgātum	investīgātū

Derived terms

investīgātor

Descendants

Old French: envestier
- → Middle English: vesteien
Old Occitan: envestigar
- Old Catalan: envestigar
- Occitan: envestigar
→ English: investigate
→ Middle French: investigier, investiger, investiguer
- French: investiguer
→ Galician: investigar
→ Italian: investigare
→ Old Occitan: investigar
- Catalan: investigar
- Occitan: investigar
→ Portuguese: investigar
→ Romanian: investiga
→ Spanish: investigar

References

“investigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“investigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
investigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“investigate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Verb

investigo

first-person singular present indicative of investigar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /imbesˈtiɡo/ [ĩm.besˈt̪i.ɣ̞o]
Rhymes: -iɡo
Syllabification: in‧ves‧ti‧go

Verb

investigo

first-person singular present indicative of investigar