LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

dēpingō

dēpingō (present infinitive dēpingere, perfect active dēpīnxī, supine dēpictum)
Classical[deːˈpɪŋ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[deˈpiŋ.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to depict, to paint, to portray, to represent by painting
  2. to paint, to colour

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dēpingōdēpingēbamdēpingamdēpīnxīdēpīnxeramdēpīnxerō
2nd sg.dēpingisdēpingēbāsdēpingēsdēpīnxistīdēpīnxerāsdēpīnxeris
3rd sg.dēpingitdēpingēbatdēpingetdēpīnxitdēpīnxeratdēpīnxerit
1st pl.dēpingimusdēpingēbāmusdēpingēmusdēpīnximusdēpīnxerāmusdēpīnxerimus
2nd pl.dēpingitisdēpingēbātisdēpingētisdēpīnxistisdēpīnxerātisdēpīnxeritis
3rd pl.dēpinguntdēpingēbantdēpingentdēpīnxērunt
dēpīnxēre
dēpīnxerantdēpīnxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dēpingamdēpingeremdēpīnxerimdēpīnxissem
2nd sg.dēpingāsdēpingerēsdēpīnxerīsdēpīnxissēs
3rd sg.dēpingatdēpingeretdēpīnxeritdēpīnxisset
1st pl.dēpingāmusdēpingerēmusdēpīnxerīmusdēpīnxissēmus
2nd pl.dēpingātisdēpingerētisdēpīnxerītisdēpīnxissētis
3rd pl.dēpingantdēpingerentdēpīnxerintdēpīnxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dēpingordēpingēbardēpingar
2nd sg.dēpingeris
dēpingere
dēpingēbāris
dēpingēbāre
dēpingēris
dēpingēre
3rd sg.dēpingiturdēpingēbāturdēpingētur
1st pl.dēpingimurdēpingēbāmurdēpingēmur
2nd pl.dēpingiminīdēpingēbāminīdēpingēminī
3rd pl.dēpingunturdēpingēbanturdēpingentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dēpingardēpingerer
2nd sg.dēpingāris
dēpingāre
dēpingerēris
dēpingerēre
3rd sg.dēpingāturdēpingerētur
1st pl.dēpingāmurdēpingerēmur
2nd pl.dēpingāminīdēpingerēminī
3rd pl.dēpinganturdēpingerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dēpingedēpingere
pres. 2nd pl.dēpingitedēpingiminī
fut. 2nd sg.dēpingitōdēpingitor
fut. 3rd sg.dēpingitōdēpingitor
fut. 2nd pl.dēpingitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dēpinguntōdēpinguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedēpingeredēpingī
perfect infinitivedēpīnxissedēpictum esse
future infinitivedēpictūrum essedēpictum īrī
present participledēpingēns—
perfect participle—dēpictus
dēpicta, dēpictā, dēpictae, dēpictam, dēpictārum, dēpictās, dēpicte, dēpictī, dēpictīs, dēpictō, dēpictōrum, dēpictōs
future participledēpictūrus
dēpictūra, dēpictūrā, dēpictūrae, dēpictūram, dēpictūrārum, dēpictūrās, dēpictūre, dēpictūrī, dēpictūrīs, dēpictūrō, dēpictūrōrum, dēpictūrōs, dēpictūrum
dēpingendus
dēpingundus, dēpingenda, dēpingendā, dēpingendae, dēpingendam, dēpingendārum, dēpingendās, dēpingende, dēpingendīs, dēpingendōrum, dēpingendōs
gerunddēpingendī, dēpingendō, dēpingendumsupinedēpictum, dēpictū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

vitam alicuius depingere
to make a sketch of a man's life.
cogitatione sibi aliquid depingere
to picture to oneself.
res cogitatione fictae or depictae
creatures of the imagination.

dē-pingo, pinxi, pictum, 3 (
I. perf. syncop. depinxti, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 154), v. a.
I. To depict, portray, paint, draw, represent by painting (rare but class.).
A. Lit.: tabellas obscenas, Prop. 2, 6, 27: pugnam Marathoniam, Nep. Milt. 6, 3: imaginem in tabula, Quint. 6, 1, 32; cf. Gell. 19, 10, 2: depinge, ubi sistam, Pers. 6, 79: idola in pariete, Vulg. Ezech 8, 10.—
2. To paint, color: oculos stibio, Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, 30.—
B. Trop., by speech or in thought, to portray, represent, sketch, describe, imagine, conceive: formam verbis, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 154; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 63: in illa (sc. republica), quam sibi Socrates Peripatetico illo in sermone depinxerit, Cic. Rep. 2, 29: vitam hujusce, Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 74: minuta quaedam nimiumque depicta, too elaborately defined, id. Or. 12, 39: quidvis cogitatione, i. e. to imagine, id. N. D. 1, 15, 39; cf. id. Ac. 2, 15, 48.—
II. To embroider: depictas gemmatasque indutus paenulas, Suet. Calig. 52: auro depicta chlamys, Val. Fl. 6, 226.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēpingō

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pinéḱti Proto-Italic *pingō Latin pingō Latin dēpingō From dē- + pingō.

Descendants
  • Englishdepict
  • Italiandepingere
  • Italiandipingere
  • Dalmatiandepiandro
  • Emiliandpénnżer
  • Friuliandipenzi
  • Friuliandipengi
  • Interlinguadepinger
  • Ladindepenjer
  • Ladindepenje

Quick answers

What does dēpingō mean in Latin?
dēpingō, a verb, means “to depict, to paint, to portray, to represent by painting; to paint, to colour”.
What are the principal parts of dēpingō?
dēpingō, dēpingere, dēpīnxī, dēpictum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce dēpingō?
In classical Latin, [deːˈpɪŋ.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈpiŋ.ɡo].
Where does dēpingō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēpingō.