LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfourth conjugation

cooperiō

cooperiō (present infinitive cooperīre, perfect active cooperuī, supine coopertum)
Classical[ko.ɔˈpɛ.ri.oː]Ecclesiastical[ko.oˈpɛː.ri.o]

Meaning

  1. to cover wholly or over, overwhelm, clothe

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Conjugation conjugation 4

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.cooperiōcooperiēbamcooperiamcooperuīcooperueramcooperuerō
2nd sg.cooperīscooperiēbāscooperiēscooperuistīcooperuerāscooperueris
3rd sg.cooperitcooperiēbatcooperietcooperuitcooperueratcooperuerit
1st pl.cooperīmuscooperiēbāmuscooperiēmuscooperuimuscooperuerāmuscooperuerimus
2nd pl.cooperītiscooperiēbātiscooperiētiscooperuistiscooperuerātiscooperueritis
3rd pl.cooperiuntcooperiēbantcooperientcooperuērunt
cooperuēre
cooperuerantcooperuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.cooperiamcooperīremcooperuerimcooperuissem
2nd sg.cooperiāscooperīrēscooperuerīscooperuissēs
3rd sg.cooperiatcooperīretcooperueritcooperuisset
1st pl.cooperiāmuscooperīrēmuscooperuerīmuscooperuissēmus
2nd pl.cooperiātiscooperīrētiscooperuerītiscooperuissētis
3rd pl.cooperiantcooperīrentcooperuerintcooperuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.cooperiorcooperiēbarcooperiar
2nd sg.cooperīris
cooperīre
cooperiēbāris
cooperiēbāre
cooperiēris
cooperiēre
3rd sg.cooperīturcooperiēbāturcooperiētur
1st pl.cooperīmurcooperiēbāmurcooperiēmur
2nd pl.cooperīminīcooperiēbāminīcooperiēminī
3rd pl.cooperiunturcooperiēbanturcooperientur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.cooperiarcooperīrer
2nd sg.cooperiāris
cooperiāre
cooperīrēris
cooperīrēre
3rd sg.cooperiāturcooperīrētur
1st pl.cooperiāmurcooperīrēmur
2nd pl.cooperiāminīcooperīrēminī
3rd pl.cooperianturcooperīrentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.cooperīcooperīre
pres. 2nd pl.cooperītecooperīminī
fut. 2nd sg.cooperītōcooperītor
fut. 3rd sg.cooperītōcooperītor
fut. 2nd pl.cooperītōte—
fut. 3rd pl.cooperiuntōcooperiuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecooperīrecooperīrī
perfect infinitivecooperuissecoopertum esse
future infinitivecoopertūrum essecoopertum īrī
present participlecooperiēns—
perfect participle—coopertus
cooperta, coopertā, coopertae, coopertam, coopertārum, coopertās, cooperte, coopertī, coopertīs, coopertō, coopertōrum, coopertōs
future participlecoopertūrus
coopertūra, coopertūrā, coopertūrae, coopertūram, coopertūrārum, coopertūrās, coopertūre, coopertūrī, coopertūrīs, coopertūrō, coopertūrōrum, coopertūrōs, coopertūrum
cooperiendus
cooperiundus, cooperienda, cooperiendā, cooperiendae, cooperiendam, cooperiendārum, cooperiendās, cooperiende, cooperiendīs, cooperiendōrum, cooperiendōs
gerundcooperiendī, cooperiendō, cooperiendumsupinecoopertum, coopertū

cŏ-ŏpĕrĭo, rŭi, rtum, 4 (contr. form coperiunt, Lucr. 6, 491; cf. Lachm. ap. Lucr. 2, p. 134 sq.),
I. v. a., to cover wholly, to cover, cover over, overwhelm (class.; most freq. in part. perf.).
I. Lit.
(a). Verb finit.: Cyrsilum quendam lapidibus cooperuerunt, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48; so Liv. 4, 50, 5: tempestas atque tenebrae maria ac terras, Lucr. 6, 491; 5, 342: radices, Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246: se multā fronde (vitis), Col. 5, 6, 36.—
(b). Part. perf.: coöperta membra pannis, Lucr. 6, 1269; so Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66: corpus telis, Liv. 8, 10, 10: Pomptinum omne velut nubibus locustarum, id. 42, 2, 5; Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 122; Tac. A. 13, 41: iste lapidibus in foro, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119. —
II. Trop.: fenoribus coöpertus est, overwhelmed, buried in, Cato and Sall. ap. Gell. 2, 17, 7; in part.: tot, tantis, tam nefariis sceleribus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9: flagitiis atque facinoribus, Sall. C. 23, 1: miseriis, id. J. 14, 11: famosis versibus, * Hor. S. 2, 1, 68; cf.: onerare aliquem maledictis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 122.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō From con- (“together, with”) + operiō (“cover”).

Descendants
  • Englishcover
  • Catalancobrir
  • Frenchcouvrir
  • Italiancoprire
  • Occitancobrir
  • Occitancubrir
  • Portuguesecobrir
  • Romanianacoperi
  • Romanianacoperire
  • Romaniancoperi

Quick answers

What does cooperiō mean in Latin?
cooperiō, a verb, means “to cover wholly or over, overwhelm, clothe”.
What are the principal parts of cooperiō?
cooperiō, cooperīre, cooperuī, coopertum (fourth conjugation).
How do you pronounce cooperiō?
In classical Latin, [ko.ɔˈpɛ.ri.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ko.oˈpɛː.ri.o].
Where does cooperiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin cooperiō.