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verbfirst conjugation

dīvulgō

dīvulgō (present infinitive dīvulgāre, perfect active dīvulgāvī, supine dīvulgātum)
Classical[diːˈwʊɫ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[diˈvul.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to spread among the people, make common, publish, divulge

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dīvulgōdīvulgābamdīvulgābōdīvulgāvīdīvulgāveramdīvulgāverō
dīvulgārō
2nd sg.dīvulgāsdīvulgābāsdīvulgābisdīvulgāvistī
dīvulgāstī		dīvulgāverās
dīvulgārās		dīvulgāveris
3rd sg.dīvulgatdīvulgābatdīvulgābitdīvulgāvitdīvulgāverat
dīvulgārat		dīvulgāverit
dīvulgārit
1st pl.dīvulgāmusdīvulgābāmusdīvulgābimusdīvulgāvimusdīvulgāverāmusdīvulgāverimus
dīvulgārimus
2nd pl.dīvulgātisdīvulgābātisdīvulgābitisdīvulgāvistis
dīvulgāstis		dīvulgāverātis
dīvulgārātis		dīvulgāveritis
dīvulgāritis
3rd pl.dīvulgantdīvulgābantdīvulgābuntdīvulgāvērunt
dīvulgāvēre, dīvulgārunt		dīvulgāverant
dīvulgārant		dīvulgāverint
dīvulgārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dīvulgemdīvulgāremdīvulgāverim
dīvulgārim		dīvulgāvissem
dīvulgāssem
2nd sg.dīvulgēsdīvulgārēsdīvulgāverīsdīvulgāvissēs
dīvulgāssēs
3rd sg.dīvulgetdīvulgāretdīvulgāverit
dīvulgārit		dīvulgāvisset
dīvulgāsset
1st pl.dīvulgēmusdīvulgārēmusdīvulgāverīmus
dīvulgārīmus		dīvulgāvissēmus
dīvulgāssēmus
2nd pl.dīvulgētisdīvulgārētisdīvulgāverītis
dīvulgārītis		dīvulgāvissētis
dīvulgāssētis
3rd pl.dīvulgentdīvulgārentdīvulgāverint
dīvulgārint		dīvulgāvissent
dīvulgāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dīvulgordīvulgābardīvulgābor
2nd sg.dīvulgāris
dīvulgāre		dīvulgābāris
dīvulgābāre		dīvulgāberis
dīvulgābere
3rd sg.dīvulgāturdīvulgābāturdīvulgābitur
1st pl.dīvulgāmurdīvulgābāmurdīvulgābimur
2nd pl.dīvulgāminīdīvulgābāminīdīvulgābiminī
3rd pl.dīvulganturdīvulgābanturdīvulgābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dīvulgerdīvulgārer
2nd sg.dīvulgēris
dīvulgēre		dīvulgārēris
dīvulgārēre
3rd sg.dīvulgēturdīvulgārētur
1st pl.dīvulgēmurdīvulgārēmur
2nd pl.dīvulgēminīdīvulgārēminī
3rd pl.dīvulgenturdīvulgārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dīvulgādīvulgāre
pres. 2nd pl.dīvulgātedīvulgāminī
fut. 2nd sg.dīvulgātōdīvulgātor
fut. 3rd sg.dīvulgātōdīvulgātor
fut. 2nd pl.dīvulgātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dīvulgantōdīvulgantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedīvulgāredīvulgārī
perfect infinitivedīvulgāvisse
dīvulgāsse		dīvulgātum esse
future infinitivedīvulgātūrum essedīvulgātum īrī
present participledīvulgāns—
perfect participle—dīvulgātus
dīvulgāta, dīvulgātā, dīvulgātae, dīvulgātam, dīvulgātārum, dīvulgātās, dīvulgātī, dīvulgātōrum, dīvulgātōs
future participledīvulgātūrus
dīvulgātūra, dīvulgātūrā, dīvulgātūrae, dīvulgātūram, dīvulgātūrārum, dīvulgātūrās, dīvulgātūre, dīvulgātūrī, dīvulgātūrīs, dīvulgātūrō, dīvulgātūrōrum, dīvulgātūrōs, dīvulgātūrum		dīvulgandus
dīvulganda, dīvulgandā, dīvulgandae, dīvulgandam, dīvulgandārum, dīvulgandās, dīvulgande, dīvulgandīs, dīvulgandōrum, dīvulgandōs
gerunddīvulgandī, dīvulgandō, dīvulgandumsupinedīvulgātum, dīvulgātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare
to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things).

dīvulgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I. to spread among the people, to make common, publish, divulge (rare but class.; cf.: publico, vulgo, pervulgo, pervagor): librum, Cic. Att. 12, 40; 13, 21, 4; id. Or. 31 fin.; cf. seria, id. Phil. 2, 4: consilium Domitii, * Caes. B. C. 1, 20, 1: chirographa omnium, Suet. Calig. 24: versiculos, id. ib. 8: omnem mimum, id. Oth. 3 fin. et saep.: rem sermonibus, Cic. Font. 5, 10; cf.: aliquid turpi fama, Tac. A. 12, 49: opinionem tam gloriosae expeditionis, Just. 42, 2, 11; cf.: hanc opinionem in Macedoniam, id. 12, 5, 5.— With acc. and inf.: non est divulgandum de te jam esse perfectum, Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 3; cf. Suet. Claud. 39 fin.—
B. Transf., to make common: cujus primum tempus aetatis palam fuisset ad omnium libidines divulgatum, lowered or degraded to, Cic. Post. Red. ap. Sen. 5, 11.—Hence, dīvul-gātus, a, um, P. a., widespread: alicujus divulgata gloria, Lucr. 6, 8: divulgata veris ante habere, Tac. A. 4, 11: Afer divulgato ingenio, id. ib. 4, 52: magistratus levissimus et divulgatissimus (sc. praeturae), i. e. most common, Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2.—Comp. and adv. do not occur.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Latindīvulgō

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin vulgō Latin dīvulgō From dis- + vulgō (“make common; publish”).

Descendants
  • Catalandivulgar
  • Englishdivulge
  • Englishdivulgate
  • Frenchdivulguer
  • Italiandivulgare
  • Occitandivulgar
  • Spanishdivulgar
  • Portuguesedivulgar
  • Romaniandivulga
  • Galiciandivulgar

Quick answers

What does dīvulgō mean in Latin?
dīvulgō, a verb, means “to spread among the people, make common, publish, divulge”.
What are the principal parts of dīvulgō?
dīvulgō, dīvulgāre, dīvulgāvī, dīvulgātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce dīvulgō?
In classical Latin, [diːˈwʊɫ.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [diˈvul.ɡo].
Where does dīvulgō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Latin dīvulgō.