LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

coniungō

coniungō (present infinitive coniungere, perfect active coniūnxī, supine coniūnctum)
Classical[kɔnˈjʊŋ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[konˈjuŋ.ɡo]
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Meaning

  1. to bind together, connect, join, unite, yoke together, juxtapose
    me cum aliquo coniungoI ally myself with someone
    a stirpe fores geminis coniunctus Atridis[that] you were joined by blood to the twins of Atrides29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 8.130
  2. to compose or form by uniting; to associate
  3. to unite or join in marriage; to marry
  4. to connect or unite by the ties of relationship or friendship

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

cum alterō iungō, ut ūnum fīat.
coniungō -ere -iūnxī — in Mille Verba, Nāvāle

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.coniungōconiungēbamconiungamconiūnxīconiūnxeramconiūnxerō
2nd sg.coniungisconiungēbāsconiungēsconiūnxistīconiūnxerāsconiūnxeris
3rd sg.coniungitconiungēbatconiungetconiūnxitconiūnxeratconiūnxerit
1st pl.coniungimusconiungēbāmusconiungēmusconiūnximusconiūnxerāmusconiūnxerimus
2nd pl.coniungitisconiungēbātisconiungētisconiūnxistisconiūnxerātisconiūnxeritis
3rd pl.coniunguntconiungēbantconiungentconiūnxērunt
coniūnxēre		coniūnxerantconiūnxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.coniungamconiungeremconiūnxerimconiūnxissem
2nd sg.coniungāsconiungerēsconiūnxerīsconiūnxissēs
3rd sg.coniungatconiungeretconiūnxeritconiūnxisset
1st pl.coniungāmusconiungerēmusconiūnxerīmusconiūnxissēmus
2nd pl.coniungātisconiungerētisconiūnxerītisconiūnxissētis
3rd pl.coniungantconiungerentconiūnxerintconiūnxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.coniungorconiungēbarconiungar
2nd sg.coniungeris
coniungere		coniungēbāris
coniungēbāre		coniungēris
coniungēre
3rd sg.coniungiturconiungēbāturconiungētur
1st pl.coniungimurconiungēbāmurconiungēmur
2nd pl.coniungiminīconiungēbāminīconiungēminī
3rd pl.coniungunturconiungēbanturconiungentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.coniungarconiungerer
2nd sg.coniungāris
coniungāre		coniungerēris
coniungerēre
3rd sg.coniungāturconiungerētur
1st pl.coniungāmurconiungerēmur
2nd pl.coniungāminīconiungerēminī
3rd pl.coniunganturconiungerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.coniungeconiungere
pres. 2nd pl.coniungiteconiungiminī
fut. 2nd sg.coniungitōconiungitor
fut. 3rd sg.coniungitōconiungitor
fut. 2nd pl.coniungitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.coniunguntōconiunguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveconiungereconiungī
perfect infinitiveconiūnxisseconiūnctum esse
future infinitiveconiūnctūrum esseconiūnctum īrī
present participleconiungēns—
perfect participle—coniūnctus
future participleconiūnctūrus
coniūnctūra, coniūnctūrā, coniūnctūrae, coniūnctūram, coniūnctūrārum, coniūnctūrās, coniūnctūre, coniūnctūrī, coniūnctūrīs, coniūnctūrō, coniūnctūrōrum, coniūnctūrōs, coniūnctūrum		coniungendus
coniungundus, coniungenda, coniungendā, coniungendae, coniungendam, coniungendārum, coniungendās, coniungende, coniungendīs, coniungendōrum, coniungendōs
gerundconiungendī, coniungendō, coniungendumsupineconiūnctum, coniūnctū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

arte (artissime) coniunctum esse
to be very intimately related.
vetustate amicitiae coniunctum esse
to be very old friends.
bellum coniungere (Imp. Pomp. 9. 26)
to wage war in conjunction with some one.
cohaerere, coniunctum esse cum aliqua re
to be closely connected with a thing.
castra coniungere, iungere (B. C. 1. 63)
to make a camp in common.
usu, familiaritate, consuetudine coniunctum esse cum aliquo
to be on friendly terms with a person.
eiusdem linguae societate coniunctum esse cum aliquo (De Or. 3. 59. 223)
to be united by having a common language.
artissimo amicitiae vinculo or summa familiaritate cum aliquo coniunctum esse
to be bound by the closest ties of friendship.

con-jungo, nxi, nctum, 3,
I. v. a., to bind together, connect, join, unite (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or the acc. only; trop. also with ad.
I. Lit.
(a). With cum: eam epistulam cum hac, Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 3: animam cum animo, Lucr. 3, 160: naturam tenuem gravi cum corpore, id. 5, 563.—
(b). With inter se, Lucr. 3, 559; cf. id. 3, 137.—
(g). With dat.: castra muro oppidoque, Caes. B. C. 2, 25: ita cursum regebat, ut primi conjungi ultimis possent, Curt. 5, 13, 10: conjunguntur his (porticibus) domus ampliores, Vitr. 6, 7, 3: dextrae dextram, Ov. M. 8, 421: aëra terris, Lucr. 5, 564.—
(d). With the acc. only: boves, i. e. to yoke together, Cato, R. R. 138; cf.: bis binos (equos), Lucr. 5, 1299: calamost plures ceră, Verg. E. 2, 32: dextras, id. A. 1, 514: nostras manus, Tib. 1, 6, 60: oras (vulneris) suturā, Cels. 7, 4, 3: medium intervallum ponte, Suet. Calig. 19: supercilia conjuncta, id. Aug. 79: verba, Quint. 8, 3, 36.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen.
(a). With cum: eas cohortes cum exercitu suo, Caes. B. C. 1, 18: quem ego cum deorum laude conjungo, i. e. put on an equality with, Cic. Pis. 9, 20; id. Font. 10, 21; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 28: imperii dedecus cum probro privato, Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Red. Sen. 2, 4; id. Red. Quir. 7, 16; id. Brut. 31, 120: judicium suum cum illius auctoritate, Quint. 10, 3, 1: voluptatem cum laude ac dignitate, id. 8, pr. 33; 12, 2, 8; Cat. 64, 331.—
(b). With ad (very rare), Quint. 4, 1, 16.—
(g). With dat.: noctem diei, Caes. B. C. 3, 13: arma finitimis, Liv. 8, 16, 2; 42, 47, 3: se alicui, Curt. 8, 13, 4: laudem oratori, Quint. 1, 10, 17; 5, 10, 51: sequentia prioribus, id. 11, 2, 20.—So of writings, to add: pauca scribenda conjungendaque huic commentario statui, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48.—
(d). With in and abl.: cum in tui familiarissimi judicio ac periculo tuum crimen conjungeretur, Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 2: nefarium est ... socium fallere qui se in negotio conjunxit, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17.—(ε) With in and acc.: omnia vota in unum, Petr. 86.—(ζ) With acc. only: vocales, to contract, Cic. Or. 44, 150; Quint. 12, 10, 30: bellum, to carry on or wage in concert, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26; Sil. 15, 52: vires, Val. Fl. 6, 632: Galliae duae, quas hoc tempore uno imperio videmus esse conjunctas, Cic. Prov. Cons. 2, 3: aequum est enim militum, talium praesertim, honorem conjungi, id. Phil. 14, 11, 29: ne ... tantae nationes conjungantur, Caes. B. G. 3, 11: hunc cape consiliis socium et conjunge volentem, Verg. A. 5, 712: res ... sicut inter se cohaerent tempore, ita opere ipso conjungi, Curt. 5, 1, 2: passus, Ov. M. 11, 64: abstinentiam cibi, i. e. to continue without interruption, Tac. A. 6, 26; in the same sense, consulatus, Suet. Calig. 17; and: rerum actum, id. Claud. 23: nox eadem necem Britannici et rogum conjunxit, Tac. A. 13, 17. —
B. In partic.
1. To compose, form by uniting: quod (Epicurus) e duplici genere voluptatis conjunctus est (i. e. Epicuri summum bonum), Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 44 Madv. ad loc.—
2. To unite, join in marriage or love: me tecum, Ov. H. 21, 247: aliquam secum matrimonio, Curt. 6, 9, 30: aliquam sibi justo matrimonio, Suet. Ner. 28; cf.: aliquam sibi, id. Calig. 26: conjungi Poppaeae, Tac. A. 14, 60; Cat. 64, 335: conubia Sabinorum (Romulus), to bring about, accomplish, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37.—
3. To connect, unite by the ties of relationship or friendship: se tecum affinitate, Nep. Paus. 2, 3: tota domus conjugio et stirpe conjungitur, Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65: nos inter nos (res publica), id. Fam. 5, 7, 2: me tibi (studia), id. ib. 15, 11, 2; Caes. B. C. 3, 21: multos sibi familiari amicitiā, Sall. J. 7, 7: Ausonios Teucris foedere, Verg. A. 10, 105: optimum quemque hospitio et amicitiā, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 16: amicitiam, id. Clu. 16, 46; cf.: societatem amicitiamque, Sall. J. 83, 1.—Hence, conjunctus, a, um, P. a.
A. (Acc. to I.) United, connected; hence, of places, bordering upon, near: loca, quae Caesaris castris erant conjuncta, Caes. B. C. 1, 64 init.; 2, 25; 3, 112: Paphlagonia Cappadociae, Nep. Dat. 5, 5: regio Oceano, Hirt. B. G. 8, 46; 8, 31: ratis crepidine saxi, Verg. A. 10, 653.—
B. Transf., of time, connected with, following: quae proelio apud Arbela conjuncta sunt ordiar dicere, Curt. 5, 1, 2.—
C. Trop.
1. In gen., connected with, pertaining to; accordant or agreeing with, conformable to, etc.; constr. with cum, the dat., or rar. the abl.: prudentia cum justitiā, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; so, nihil cum virtute, id. ib. 1, 2, 5: ea, quae sunt quasi conjuncta aut quae quasi pugnantia inter se, id. Part. Or. 2, 7: verba inter se (opp. simplicia), id. Top. 7; id. de Or. 3, 37, 149; (opp. singula), Quint. 5, 10, 106; 7, 9, 2; 8, 1, 1: causae (opp. simplices), id. 3, 6, 94; 3, 10, 1: justitia intellegentiae, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34: praecepta officii naturae, id. ib. 1, 2, 6: talis simulatio vanitati est conjunctior quam liberalitati, id. ib. 1, 14, 44; id. de Or. 2, 81, 331: libido scelere conjuncta, id. Clu. 5, 12; id. Phil. 5, 7, 20: haec necesse est aut ex praeterito tempore aut ex conjuncto aut ex sequenti petere, i. e. the present, Quint. 5, 8, 5; cf. id. 5, 9, 5; 5, 10, 94; and id. 7, 2, 46: conjuncta (et conveniens) constantia inter augures, harmonious, accordant, Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82.—
b. conjunctum, i, n. subst.
(a). In rhet., connection, Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 167; cf. id. ib. 2, 39, 166.—
(b). A joint-sentence, = copulatum, συμπεπλεγμένον, Gell. 16, 8, 10.—
(g). In the physical lang. of Lucr., the necessary, inherent qualities of bodies (as weight, etc.), in contrast with eventum, merely external condition, Lucr. 1, 449 sq.—
2. In partic.
a. Connected by marriage, married: digno viro, Verg. E. 8, 32: conservae, Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 5.—*
b. Transf., of the vine (cf. conjunx, I. 2.): vitis ulmo marito, Cat. 62, 54.—Far more freq.,
c. Connected or united by relationship or friendship, allied, kindred, intimate, friendly (freq. in Cic.).
(a). With abl.: cum aliquo vinculis et propinquitatis et adfinitatis, Cic. Planc. 11, 27: cum populo Romano non solum perpetuā societate atque amicitiā, verum etiam cognatione, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72: equites concordiā conjunctissimi, id. Clu. 55, 152: sanguine, Sall. J. 10, 3; cf.: Mario sanguine conjunctissimus, Vell. 2, 41, 2: propinquitatibus adfinitatibusque, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; cf.: propinquā cognatione, Nep. praef. § 7: homo conjunctissimus officiis, usu, consuetudine, Cic. Sull. 20, 57; id. Cat. 1, 13, 33; id. de Or. 1, 7, 24; id. Att. 1, 16, 11; Nep. Att. 12, 1 al. —
(b). With cum, etc.: ubi tecum conjunctus siem, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 52: so, genus cum diis, Suet. Caes. 6.—Absol.: conjunctus an alienus, Quint. 7, 4, 21; Nep. Att. 7, 1; Curt. 6, 11, 10.—With dat.: conjunctissimus huic ordini, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.: civitas populo Romano, Caes. B. G. 7, 33: conjunctior illo Nemo mihi est, Ov. M. 15, 599; Curt. 7, 3, 25.—With inter: inter se conjunctissimos fuisse Curium, Coruncanium, Cic. Lael. 11, 39; id. Dom. 11, 27: ut nosmet ipsi inter nos conjunctiores simus, id. Att. 14, 13, B. 5.—conjunctē, adv. (rare; most freq. in Cic.).
1. In connection, conjointly, at the same time: conjuncte cum reliquis rebus nostra contexere, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2: conjuncte re verboque risus moveatur, id. de Or. 2, 61, 248: elatum aliquid, i. e. hypothetically (opp. simpliciter, categorically), id. ib. 2, 38, 158; 3, 37, 149: agere, id. Inv. 1, 7, 9.—
2. In a friendly, confidential manner: conjuncte vivere, Nep. Att. 10, 3; so with vivere in the comp., Cic. Fam. 6, 9, 1; Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 4; and in sup., Cic. Lael. 1, 2.

Origins

From con- (“with, together”) + iungō (“to join, unite, connect”).

Descendants
  • Englishconjugate
  • Frenchconjoindre
  • Englishconjoinfrom French conjoindre
  • Italiancongiungere
  • Portugueseconjungir
  • Spanishconjuntar
  • Siciliancugnùnciri
  • Siciliancunjùnciri

In English words that came into English from coniungō

  • conjunctionconiūnctiō
  • conjugateconiugātus
  • conjoinconiungō
  • conjunctiveconiunctivus
  • conjunctivaconjūnctīvus
  • conjunctconjunctus
  • conjunctivalconjūnctīvus

Quick answers

What does coniungō mean in Latin?
coniungō, a verb, means “to bind together, connect, join, unite, yoke together, juxtapose; to compose or form by uniting; to associate”.
What are the principal parts of coniungō?
coniungō, coniungere, coniūnxī, coniūnctum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce coniungō?
In classical Latin, [kɔnˈjʊŋ.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [konˈjuŋ.ɡo].
Which English words come from coniungō?
English words that go back to Latin coniungō include conjoin, conjunction, conjunct, conjugate, conjunctive and conjunctiva.