vincio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *winkjō, from a nasal-infixed formation of Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to curve, bend”). Cognate with vicis, Ancient Greek εἴκω (eíkō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯in.ki.oː/, [ˈu̯ɪŋkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvin.t͡ʃi.o/, [ˈvin̠ʲt͡ʃio]

Verb

vinciō (present infinitive vincīre, perfect active vīnxī, supine vīnctum); fourth conjugation

1. to bind, tie up, fetter

   Synonyms: cōnstringo, illigo, ligō, necto, colligo

2. to lace, fasten
3. to surround, guard

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vinciō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vinciō		vincīs		vincit		vincīmus		vincītis		vinciunt
	imperfect	vinciēbam		vinciēbās		vinciēbat		vinciēbāmus		vinciēbātis		vinciēbant
	future	vinciam		vinciēs		vinciet		vinciēmus		vinciētis		vincient
	perfect	vīnxī		vīnxistī		vīnxit		vīnximus		vīnxistis		vīnxērunt, vīnxēre
	pluperfect	vīnxeram		vīnxerās		vīnxerat		vīnxerāmus		vīnxerātis		vīnxerant
	future perfect	vīnxerō		vīnxeris		vīnxerit		vīnxerimus		vīnxeritis		vīnxerint
passive	present	vincior		vincīris, vincīre		vincītur		vincīmur		vincīminī		vinciuntur
	imperfect	vinciēbar		vinciēbāris, vinciēbāre		vinciēbātur		vinciēbāmur		vinciēbāminī		vinciēbantur
	future	vinciar		vinciēris, vinciēre		vinciētur		vinciēmur		vinciēminī		vincientur
	perfect	vīnctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vīnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vīnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vinciam		vinciās		vinciat		vinciāmus		vinciātis		vinciant
	imperfect	vincīrem		vincīrēs		vincīret		vincīrēmus		vincīrētis		vincīrent
	perfect	vīnxerim		vīnxerīs		vīnxerit		vīnxerīmus		vīnxerītis		vīnxerint
	pluperfect	vīnxissem		vīnxissēs		vīnxisset		vīnxissēmus		vīnxissētis		vīnxissent
passive	present	vinciar		vinciāris, vinciāre		vinciātur		vinciāmur		vinciāminī		vinciantur
	imperfect	vincīrer		vincīrēris, vincīrēre		vincīrētur		vincīrēmur		vincīrēminī		vincīrentur
	perfect	vīnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vīnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		vincī		—		—		vincīte		—
	future	—		vincītō		vincītō		—		vincītōte		vinciuntō
passive	present	—		vincīre		—		—		vincīminī		—
	future	—		vincītor		vincītor		—		—		vinciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		vincīre			vincīrī			vinciēns			—
future		vīnctūrum esse			vīnctum īrī			vīnctūrus			vinciendus, vinciundus
perfect		vīnxisse			vīnctum esse			—			vīnctus
future perfect		—			vīnctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		vīnctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		vinciendī		vinciendō		vinciendum		vinciendō		vīnctum		vīnctū

Derived terms

• circumvinciō
• dēvinciō
• ēvinciō
• pervinca
• praevinciō
• prōvincia
• prōvinciālis
• revinciō
• vīnctiō
• vīnctor
• vīnctūra
• vīnctus
• vinculō
• vinculum

Related terms

• vicia
• vincō
• vix

Descendants

• →? Italian: vincire, ⇒ avvincere, vincibosco, >? vincido

Further reading

• “vincio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vincio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vincio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a speech rhythmical: numeris orationem astringere, vincire
    
  • (ambiguous) in everything nature defies imitation: in omni re vincit imitationem veritas
    
  • (ambiguous) the majority were of the opinion..: sententia vincit (Liv. 2. 4. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be defeated in fight, lose the battle: proelio vinci, superari, inferiorem, victum discedere
    
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1130