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contabulō

contabulō (present infinitive contabulāre, perfect active contabulāvī, supine contabulātum)
Classical[kɔnˈta.bʊ.ɫoː]Ecclesiastical[konˈtaː.bu.lo]

Meaning

  1. to cover with boards

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

tabulīs īnstruō
build up in stories, board over
contabulō -āre — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 6

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.contabulōcontabulābamcontabulābōcontabulāvīcontabulāveramcontabulāverō
contabulārō
2nd sg.contabulāscontabulābāscontabulābiscontabulāvistī
contabulāstī
contabulāverās
contabulārās
contabulāveris
3rd sg.contabulatcontabulābatcontabulābitcontabulāvitcontabulāverat
contabulārat
contabulāverit
contabulārit
1st pl.contabulāmuscontabulābāmuscontabulābimuscontabulāvimuscontabulāverāmuscontabulāverimus
contabulārimus
2nd pl.contabulātiscontabulābātiscontabulābitiscontabulāvistis
contabulāstis
contabulāverātis
contabulārātis
contabulāveritis
contabulāritis
3rd pl.contabulantcontabulābantcontabulābuntcontabulāvērunt
contabulāvēre, contabulārunt
contabulāverant
contabulārant
contabulāverint
contabulārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.contabulemcontabulāremcontabulāverim
contabulārim
contabulāvissem
contabulāssem
2nd sg.contabulēscontabulārēscontabulāverīscontabulāvissēs
contabulāssēs
3rd sg.contabuletcontabulāretcontabulāverit
contabulārit
contabulāvisset
contabulāsset
1st pl.contabulēmuscontabulārēmuscontabulāverīmus
contabulārīmus
contabulāvissēmus
contabulāssēmus
2nd pl.contabulētiscontabulārētiscontabulāverītis
contabulārītis
contabulāvissētis
contabulāssētis
3rd pl.contabulentcontabulārentcontabulāverint
contabulārint
contabulāvissent
contabulāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.contabulorcontabulābarcontabulābor
2nd sg.contabulāris
contabulāre
contabulābāris
contabulābāre
contabulāberis
contabulābere
3rd sg.contabulāturcontabulābāturcontabulābitur
1st pl.contabulāmurcontabulābāmurcontabulābimur
2nd pl.contabulāminīcontabulābāminīcontabulābiminī
3rd pl.contabulanturcontabulābanturcontabulābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.contabulercontabulārer
2nd sg.contabulēris
contabulēre
contabulārēris
contabulārēre
3rd sg.contabulēturcontabulārētur
1st pl.contabulēmurcontabulārēmur
2nd pl.contabulēminīcontabulārēminī
3rd pl.contabulenturcontabulārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.contabulācontabulāre
pres. 2nd pl.contabulātecontabulāminī
fut. 2nd sg.contabulātōcontabulātor
fut. 3rd sg.contabulātōcontabulātor
fut. 2nd pl.contabulātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.contabulantōcontabulantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecontabulārecontabulārī
perfect infinitivecontabulāvisse
contabulāsse
contabulātum esse
future infinitivecontabulātūrum essecontabulātum īrī
present participlecontabulāns—
perfect participle—contabulātus
contabulāta, contabulātā, contabulātae, contabulātam, contabulātārum, contabulātās, contabulātī, contabulātōrum, contabulātōs
future participlecontabulātūrus
contabulātūra, contabulātūrā, contabulātūrae, contabulātūram, contabulātūrārum, contabulātūrās, contabulātūre, contabulātūrī, contabulātūrīs, contabulātūrō, contabulātūrōrum, contabulātūrōs, contabulātūrum
contabulandus
contabulanda, contabulandā, contabulandae, contabulandam, contabulandārum, contabulandās, contabulande, contabulandīs, contabulandōrum, contabulandōs
gerundcontabulandī, contabulandō, contabulandumsupinecontabulātum, contabulātū

con-tăbŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1,
I. v. a., to furnish or cover with boards (several times in the histt.; elsewh. rare): turres, Caes. B. G. 5, 40: turres contabulatas machimentaque alia quatiendis muris portabant, i. e. built in stories, Liv. 24, 34, 7: pomaria, Plin. 15, 16, 18, § 59: totum murum ex omni parte turribus, Caes. B. G. 7, 22: pavimentum quernis axibus, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187: mare molibus, to furnish with a bridge, to bridge over, Curt. 5, 7, 8; cf. Hellespontum, * Suet. Calig. 19.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincontabulō

Latin tabula Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin contabulō From con- + tabula + -ō.

Quick answers

What does contabulō mean in Latin?
contabulō, a verb, means “to cover with boards”.
What are the principal parts of contabulō?
contabulō, contabulāre, contabulāvī, contabulātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce contabulō?
In classical Latin, [kɔnˈta.bʊ.ɫoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [konˈtaː.bu.lo].
Where does contabulō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin contabulō.