LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

conticeō

conticeō (present infinitive conticēre, perfect active conticuī)
Classical[kɔnˈtɪ.ke.oː]Ecclesiastical[konˈtiː.t͡ʃe.o]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto be silent or still
    nox ubi iam mediā est somnōque silentia praebet, et canis et variae conticuistis avēs, [...].When midnight now is come, and provides stillness for sleep, and [you], dog, and [you], varied birds, are silent …. (“conticuistis” is the indicative active perfect second-person plural: “you (plural) are silent” or “silenced”)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.429–430

Conjugation conjugation 2 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.conticeōconticēbamconticēbōconticuīconticueramconticuerō
2nd sg.conticēsconticēbāsconticēbisconticuistīconticuerāsconticueris
3rd sg.conticetconticēbatconticēbitconticuitconticueratconticuerit
1st pl.conticēmusconticēbāmusconticēbimusconticuimusconticuerāmusconticuerimus
2nd pl.conticētisconticēbātisconticēbitisconticuistisconticuerātisconticueritis
3rd pl.conticentconticēbantconticēbuntconticuērunt
conticuēre
conticuerantconticuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.conticeamconticēremconticuerimconticuissem
2nd sg.conticeāsconticērēsconticuerīsconticuissēs
3rd sg.conticeatconticēretconticueritconticuisset
1st pl.conticeāmusconticērēmusconticuerīmusconticuissēmus
2nd pl.conticeātisconticērētisconticuerītisconticuissētis
3rd pl.conticeantconticērentconticuerintconticuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.conticē—
pres. 2nd pl.conticēte—
fut. 2nd sg.conticētō—
fut. 3rd sg.conticētō—
fut. 2nd pl.conticētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.conticentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveconticēre—
perfect infinitiveconticuisse—
present participleconticēns—
gerundconticendī, conticendō, conticendum

con-tĭcĕo, ēre, v. n. a strengthened form for taceo,
I. to be silent, be still (late Lat.), Calp. Ecl. 4, 98; Lact. 5, 2, 9; Hier. in Isa. 1, 1; 17, 64; cf.: conticeo, σιωπῶ, Gloss. Lab.; v. also conticesco.

Origins

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

Latin taceō Latin conticeō From con- + taceō (“to be silent”).

Quick answers

What does conticeō mean in Latin?
conticeō, a verb, means “to be silent or still”.
What are the principal parts of conticeō?
conticeō, conticēre, conticuī (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce conticeō?
In classical Latin, [kɔnˈtɪ.ke.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [konˈtiː.t͡ʃe.o].
Where does conticeō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin conticeō.