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

    Verb

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

    1. to comb
    2. (of wool) to card, heckle, comb
    3. (by extension) to hoe, weed
    4. (figuratively) to give someone a thrashing, thrash

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of pectō (third conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    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
    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
    first second third first second third
    active present — pecte — — pectite —
    future — pectitō pectitō — pectitōte pectuntō
    passive present — pectere — — pectiminī —
    future — pectitor pectitor — — pectuntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    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

    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.
    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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