nucleo

See also: núcleo, nucleó, and nucleo-

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nū̆cleus (“kernel, core”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.kle.o/
• Rhymes: -ukleo
• Hyphenation: nù‧cle‧o

Noun

nucleo m (plural nuclei)

1. nucleus
2. core
3. unit, group, squad

Related terms

• nucleo atomico

Anagrams

• culone

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.kle.oː/, [ˈnʊkɫ̪eoː] or IPA^(key): /ˈnuk.le.oː/, [ˈnʊkɫ̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.kle.o/, [ˈnuːkleo] or IPA^(key): /ˈnuk.le.o/, [ˈnukleo]

Etymology 1

nucleus +‎ -ō

Verb

nucleō (present infinitive nucleāre, perfect active nucleāvī, supine nucleātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) to become kernelly, to become hard like a kernel

Conjugation

   Conjugation of nucleō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nucleō	nucleās	nucleat	nucleāmus	nucleātis	nucleant
	imperfect	nucleābam	nucleābās	nucleābat	nucleābāmus	nucleābātis	nucleābant
	future	nucleābō	nucleābis	nucleābit	nucleābimus	nucleābitis	nucleābunt
	perfect	nucleāvī	nucleāvistī	nucleāvit	nucleāvimus	nucleāvistis	nucleāvērunt, nucleāvēre
	pluperfect	nucleāveram	nucleāverās	nucleāverat	nucleāverāmus	nucleāverātis	nucleāverant
	future perfect	nucleāverō	nucleāveris	nucleāverit	nucleāverimus	nucleāveritis	nucleāverint
passive	present	nucleor	nucleāris, nucleāre	nucleātur	nucleāmur	nucleāminī	nucleantur
	imperfect	nucleābar	nucleābāris, nucleābāre	nucleābātur	nucleābāmur	nucleābāminī	nucleābantur
	future	nucleābor	nucleāberis, nucleābere	nucleābitur	nucleābimur	nucleābiminī	nucleābuntur
	perfect	nucleātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nucleātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nucleātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nucleem	nucleēs	nucleet	nucleēmus	nucleētis	nucleent
imperfect	nucleārem	nucleārēs	nucleāret	nucleārēmus	nucleārētis	nucleārent
perfect	nucleāverim	nucleāverīs	nucleāverit	nucleāverīmus	nucleāverītis	nucleāverint
pluperfect	nucleāvissem	nucleāvissēs	nucleāvisset	nucleāvissēmus	nucleāvissētis	nucleāvissent
passive	present	nucleer	nucleēris, nucleēre	nucleētur	nucleēmur	nucleēminī	nucleentur
imperfect	nucleārer	nucleārēris, nucleārēre	nucleārētur	nucleārēmur	nucleārēminī	nucleārentur
perfect	nucleātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	nucleātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nucleā	—	—	nucleāte	—
	future	—	nucleātō	nucleātō	—	nucleātōte	nucleantō
passive	present	—	nucleāre	—	—	nucleāminī	—
	future	—	nucleātor	nucleātor	—	—	nucleantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nucleāre	nucleāvisse	nucleātūrum esse	nucleārī	nucleātum esse	nucleātum īrī
participles		nucleāns	—	nucleātūrus	—	nucleātus	nucleandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nucleandī	nucleandō	nucleandum	nucleandō	nucleātum	nucleātū

Descendants

• ?Spanish: nuclear

References

• “nū̆clĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nŭclĕo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,043/1.
• “nucleō” on page 1,199/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of nucleus.

Noun

nucleō m

1. dative/ablative singular of nucleus

Spanish

Verb

nucleo

1. first-person singular present indicative of nuclear