LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

cōpiō

cōpiō (present infinitive cōpiāre, perfect active cōpiāvī, supine cōpiātum)

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinto copy (a text, document, etc.)

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.cōpiōcōpiābamcōpiābōcōpiāvīcōpiāveramcōpiāverō
2nd sg.cōpiāscōpiābāscōpiābiscōpiāvistīcōpiāverāscōpiāveris
3rd sg.cōpiatcōpiābatcōpiābitcōpiāvitcōpiāveratcōpiāverit
1st pl.cōpiāmuscōpiābāmuscōpiābimuscōpiāvimuscōpiāverāmuscōpiāverimus
2nd pl.cōpiātiscōpiābātiscōpiābitiscōpiāvistiscōpiāverātiscōpiāveritis
3rd pl.cōpiantcōpiābantcōpiābuntcōpiāvērunt
cōpiāvēre
cōpiāverantcōpiāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.cōpiemcōpiāremcōpiāverimcōpiāvissem
2nd sg.cōpiēscōpiārēscōpiāverīscōpiāvissēs
3rd sg.cōpietcōpiāretcōpiāveritcōpiāvisset
1st pl.cōpiēmuscōpiārēmuscōpiāverīmuscōpiāvissēmus
2nd pl.cōpiētiscōpiārētiscōpiāverītiscōpiāvissētis
3rd pl.cōpientcōpiārentcōpiāverintcōpiāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.cōpiorcōpiābarcōpiābor
2nd sg.cōpiāris
cōpiāre
cōpiābāris
cōpiābāre
cōpiāberis
cōpiābere
3rd sg.cōpiāturcōpiābāturcōpiābitur
1st pl.cōpiāmurcōpiābāmurcōpiābimur
2nd pl.cōpiāminīcōpiābāminīcōpiābiminī
3rd pl.cōpianturcōpiābanturcōpiābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.cōpiercōpiārer
2nd sg.cōpiēris
cōpiēre
cōpiārēris
cōpiārēre
3rd sg.cōpiēturcōpiārētur
1st pl.cōpiēmurcōpiārēmur
2nd pl.cōpiēminīcōpiārēminī
3rd pl.cōpienturcōpiārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.cōpiācōpiāre
pres. 2nd pl.cōpiātecōpiāminī
fut. 2nd sg.cōpiātōcōpiātor
fut. 3rd sg.cōpiātōcōpiātor
fut. 2nd pl.cōpiātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.cōpiantōcōpiantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecōpiārecōpiārī
perfect infinitivecōpiāvissecōpiātum esse
future infinitivecōpiātūrum essecōpiātum īrī
present participlecōpiāns—
perfect participle—cōpiātus
future participlecōpiātūruscōpiandus
gerundcōpiandī, cōpiandō, cōpiandumsupinecōpiātum, cōpiātū

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opis Latin ops Latin cōps Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin cōpia 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 cōpiō From cōpia + -ō.

Descendants
  • Frenchcopierfrom Old French copier
  • Romaniancopiafrom Old French copier
  • Englishcopyfrom Old French copier
  • Italiancopiare
  • Portuguesecopiar
  • Spanishcopiar
  • Catalancopiar
  • Asturiancopiar

Quick answers

What does cōpiō mean in Latin?
cōpiō, a verb, means “to copy (a text, document, etc.)”.
What are the principal parts of cōpiō?
cōpiō, cōpiāre, cōpiāvī, cōpiātum (first conjugation).
Where does cōpiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin cōpiō.