reticeo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ taceō (“I am silent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈti.ke.oː/, [rɛˈt̪ɪkeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈti.t͡ʃe.o/, [reˈt̪iːt͡ʃeo]

Verb

reticeō (present infinitive reticēre, perfect active reticuī); second conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive

1. (intransitive) to be silent, keep silent
2. (with dative) to refrain from answering
3. (transitive) to keep silent or secret, conceal

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

   Conjugation of reticeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	reticeō		reticēs		reticet		reticēmus		reticētis		reticent
	imperfect	reticēbam		reticēbās		reticēbat		reticēbāmus		reticēbātis		reticēbant
	future	reticēbō		reticēbis		reticēbit		reticēbimus		reticēbitis		reticēbunt
	perfect	reticuī		reticuistī		reticuit		reticuimus		reticuistis		reticuērunt, reticuēre
	pluperfect	reticueram		reticuerās		reticuerat		reticuerāmus		reticuerātis		reticuerant
	future perfect	reticuerō		reticueris		reticuerit		reticuerimus		reticueritis		reticuerint
passive	present	—		—		reticētur		—		—		reticentur
	imperfect	—		—		reticēbātur		—		—		reticēbantur
	future	—		—		reticēbitur		—		—		reticēbuntur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	reticeam		reticeās		reticeat		reticeāmus		reticeātis		reticeant
	imperfect	reticērem		reticērēs		reticēret		reticērēmus		reticērētis		reticērent
	perfect	reticuerim		reticuerīs		reticuerit		reticuerīmus		reticuerītis		reticuerint
	pluperfect	reticuissem		reticuissēs		reticuisset		reticuissēmus		reticuissētis		reticuissent
passive	present	—		—		reticeātur		—		—		reticeantur
	imperfect	—		—		reticērētur		—		—		reticērentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		reticē		—		—		reticēte		—
	future	—		reticētō		reticētō		—		reticētōte		reticentō
passive	future	—		—		reticētor		—		—		reticentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		reticēre			reticērī			reticēns			—
future		—			—			—			reticendum
perfect		reticuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		reticendī		reticendō		reticendum		reticendō		—		—

Derived terms

• reticēns
• reticentia

Related terms

• conticeō
• obticeō
• taceō

Descendants

• Italian: reticere
• Spanish: reticer

References

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