pecto

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pektō, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέκω (pékō, “comb or card wool”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpek.toː/, [ˈpɛkt̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpek.to/, [ˈpɛkt̪o]

Verb

pectō (present infinitive pectere, perfect active pexī, supine pexum); third conjugation

to comb
(of wool) to card, heckle, comb
(by extension) to hoe, weed
(figuratively) to give someone a thrashing, thrash

Conjugation

Conjugation of pectō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	pectō	pectis		pectit	pectimus	pectitis		pectunt
	imperfect	pectēbam	pectēbās		pectēbat	pectēbāmus	pectēbātis		pectēbant
	future	pectam	pectēs		pectet	pectēmus	pectētis		pectent
	perfect	pexī	pexistī		pexit	peximus	pexistis		pexērunt, pexēre
	pluperfect	pexeram	pexerās		pexerat	pexerāmus	pexerātis		pexerant
	future perfect	pexerō	pexeris		pexerit	pexerimus	pexeritis		pexerint
passive	present	pector	pecteris, pectere		pectitur	pectimur	pectiminī		pectuntur
	imperfect	pectēbar	pectēbāris, pectēbāre		pectēbātur	pectēbāmur	pectēbāminī		pectēbantur
	future	pectar	pectēris, pectēre		pectētur	pectēmur	pectēminī		pectentur
	perfect	pexus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pexus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pexus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	pectam	pectās		pectat	pectāmus	pectātis		pectant
	imperfect	pecterem	pecterēs		pecteret	pecterēmus	pecterētis		pecterent
	perfect	pexerim	pexerīs		pexerit	pexerīmus	pexerītis		pexerint
	pluperfect	pexissem	pexissēs		pexisset	pexissēmus	pexissētis		pexissent
passive	present	pectar	pectāris, pectāre		pectātur	pectāmur	pectāminī		pectantur
	imperfect	pecterer	pecterēris, pecterēre		pecterētur	pecterēmur	pecterēminī		pecterentur
	perfect	pexus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	pecte		—	—	pectite		—
active	future	—	pectitō		pectitō	—	pectitōte		pectuntō
passive	present	—	pectere		—	—	pectiminī		—
passive	future	—	pectitor		pectitor	—	—		pectuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		pectere		pectī		pectēns		—
future		pexūrum esse		pexum īrī		pexūrus		pectendus, pectundus
perfect		pexisse		pexum esse		—		pexus
future perfect		—		pexum fore		—		—
perfect potential		pexūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		pectendī	pectendō		pectendum	pectendō	pexum		pexū

The third and fourth principal parts, pexī and pexum, can be written as pexuī and pectitum, respectively, and hence all of their verb forms as such.

Derived terms

Related terms

References

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

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453

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