LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

immergō

immergō (present infinitive immergere, perfect active immersī, supine immersum)
Classical[ɪmˈmɛr.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[imˈmɛr.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to immerse, plunge into

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.immergōimmergēbamimmergamimmersīimmerseramimmerserō
2nd sg.immergisimmergēbāsimmergēsimmersistīimmerserāsimmerseris
3rd sg.immergitimmergēbatimmergetimmersitimmerseratimmerserit
1st pl.immergimusimmergēbāmusimmergēmusimmersimusimmerserāmusimmerserimus
2nd pl.immergitisimmergēbātisimmergētisimmersistisimmerserātisimmerseritis
3rd pl.immerguntimmergēbantimmergentimmersērunt
immersēre
immerserantimmerserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.immergamimmergeremimmerserimimmersissem
2nd sg.immergāsimmergerēsimmerserīsimmersissēs
3rd sg.immergatimmergeretimmerseritimmersisset
1st pl.immergāmusimmergerēmusimmerserīmusimmersissēmus
2nd pl.immergātisimmergerētisimmerserītisimmersissētis
3rd pl.immergantimmergerentimmerserintimmersissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.immergorimmergēbarimmergar
2nd sg.immergeris
immergere
immergēbāris
immergēbāre
immergēris
immergēre
3rd sg.immergiturimmergēbāturimmergētur
1st pl.immergimurimmergēbāmurimmergēmur
2nd pl.immergiminīimmergēbāminīimmergēminī
3rd pl.immergunturimmergēbanturimmergentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.immergarimmergerer
2nd sg.immergāris
immergāre
immergerēris
immergerēre
3rd sg.immergāturimmergerētur
1st pl.immergāmurimmergerēmur
2nd pl.immergāminīimmergerēminī
3rd pl.immerganturimmergerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.immergeimmergere
pres. 2nd pl.immergiteimmergiminī
fut. 2nd sg.immergitōimmergitor
fut. 3rd sg.immergitōimmergitor
fut. 2nd pl.immergitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.immerguntōimmerguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveimmergereimmergī
perfect infinitiveimmersisseimmersum esse
future infinitiveimmersūrum esseimmersum īrī
present participleimmergēns—
perfect participle—immersus
immersa, immersā, immersae, immersam, immersārum, immersās, immerse, immersīs, immersō, immersōrum, immersōs
future participleimmersūrus
immersūra, immersūrā, immersūrae, immersūram, immersūrārum, immersūrās, immersūre, immersūrī, immersūrīs, immersūrō, immersūrōrum, immersūrōs, immersūrum
immergendus
immergundus, immergenda, immergendā, immergendae, immergendam, immergendārum, immergendās, immergende, immergendīs, immergendōrum, immergendōs
gerundimmergendī, immergendō, immergendumsupineimmersum, immersū

immergo (inm-), si, sum, 3 (
I. perf. sync. immersti, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 26; acc. to the second conj., inf. pres. pass. immergeri, Col. 5, 9, 3), v. a. in-mergo, to dip, plunge, sink, or stick into any thing, to immerse (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: manus in aquam ferventem, Plin. 28, 6, 15, § 144: immersus in flumen, Cic. Univ. 13: in aqua cui subinde (ferrum) candens immergitur, Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 144: nautas pelago, Ov. M. 4, 423: partem arboris deflexam terrae, Col. 5, 6, 30: aliquem spumosā undā, Verg. A. 6, 174: immergi melle cotoneà, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 60: manus, Ov. M. 13, 563: se in aquam, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 90: se alto (belua), Curt. 4, 4.— Mid.: ubi Hister amnis inmergitur, i. e. pours itself into the sea, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: at quidem tute errasti, quom parum inmersti ampliter (sc. manus), did not dip deep enough, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 26.—
B. Transf., in gen.: se aliquo, to throw or plunge one's self into any thing, to betake one's self anywhere: immersit aliquo sese credo in ganeum, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 3: se in contionem mediam, id. ib. 3, 1, 3: inter mucrones se hostium immersit, Just. 33, 2.—
II. Trop.: se blanditiis et assentationibus in alicujus consuetudinem, Cic. Clu. 13, 36: se studiis, Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 37: se penitus Pythagorae praeceptis, Val. Max. 4, 1, 1 fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinimmergō

Proto-Indo-European *mesg- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti Proto-Italic *mezgō Latin mergō Latin immergō From in- + mergō.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanimmergir
  • Englishimmerge
  • Frenchimmerger
  • Portugueseimergir
  • Romanianimerge
  • Spanishinmergir
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianimbergere
Italo-Romance
  • Italianimmergere

Quick answers

What does immergō mean in Latin?
immergō, a verb, means “to immerse, plunge into”.
What are the principal parts of immergō?
immergō, immergere, immersī, immersum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce immergō?
In classical Latin, [ɪmˈmɛr.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [imˈmɛr.ɡo].
Where does immergō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin immergō.