pungo

Italian

Verb

pungo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pungere

Anagrams

• pugno, pugnò

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pungō (with punctus for *puctus after pungō), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”). Near cognates include Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”). Related to pugnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpun.ɡoː/, [ˈpʊŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpun.ɡo/, [ˈpuŋɡo]

Verb

pungō (present infinitive pungere, perfect active pupugī, supine pūnctum); third conjugation

1. to prick, puncture, sting

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pungō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pungō	pungis	pungit	pungimus	pungitis	pungunt
	imperfect	pungēbam	pungēbās	pungēbat	pungēbāmus	pungēbātis	pungēbant
	future	pungam	pungēs	punget	pungēmus	pungētis	pungent
	perfect	pupugī	pupugistī	pupugit	pupugimus	pupugistis	pupugērunt, pupugēre
	pluperfect	pupugeram	pupugerās	pupugerat	pupugerāmus	pupugerātis	pupugerant
	future perfect	pupugerō	pupugeris	pupugerit	pupugerimus	pupugeritis	pupugerint
passive	present	pungor	pungeris, pungere	pungitur	pungimur	pungiminī	punguntur
	imperfect	pungēbar	pungēbāris, pungēbāre	pungēbātur	pungēbāmur	pungēbāminī	pungēbantur
	future	pungar	pungēris, pungēre	pungētur	pungēmur	pungēminī	pungentur
	perfect	pūnctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pūnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pūnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pungam	pungās	pungat	pungāmus	pungātis	pungant
	imperfect	pungerem	pungerēs	pungeret	pungerēmus	pungerētis	pungerent
	perfect	pupugerim	pupugerīs	pupugerit	pupugerīmus	pupugerītis	pupugerint
	pluperfect	pupugissem	pupugissēs	pupugisset	pupugissēmus	pupugissētis	pupugissent
passive	present	pungar	pungāris, pungāre	pungātur	pungāmur	pungāminī	pungantur
	imperfect	pungerer	pungerēris, pungerēre	pungerētur	pungerēmur	pungerēminī	pungerentur
	perfect	pūnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pūnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	punge	—	—	pungite	—
	future	—	pungitō	pungitō	—	pungitōte	punguntō
passive	present	—	pungere	—	—	pungiminī	—
	future	—	pungitor	pungitor	—	—	punguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pungere	pupugisse	pūnctūrum esse	pungī	pūnctum esse	pūnctum īrī
participles		pungēns	—	pūnctūrus	—	pūnctus	pungendus, pungundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pungendī	pungendō	pungendum	pungendō	pūnctum	pūnctū

Derived terms

• circumpungō
• compungō
• dēpungō
• dispungō
• expungō
• interpungō
• perpungō
• prōpungō
• pūnctuō
• pūnctus
• repungō
• trānspungō

Related terms

• pugil
• pūgiō
• pugnus

Descendants

• Eastern:
  • Aromanian: pungu, pundziri
  • Megleno-Romanian: pung
  • Romanian: împunge, împungere, punge
• Old French: puindre, poindre
  • Middle French: poindre
    • French: poindre
  • → Middle English: poynen
• Iberian:
  • Asturian: supuñir
  • Old Spanish: puñir
    • Spanish: pungir
  • Portuguese: pungir
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: pungere
• Old Occitan:
  • Occitan: pónher, pónger
  • Old Catalan: púnyer
    • Catalan: punyir
• Sardinian: púnghere, punghere
• Sicilian: pùnciri

See also

• pugnō

Further reading

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