verbfirst conjugation
implicō
implicō (present infinitive implicāre, perfect active implicāvī, supine implicātum)
Classical[ˈɪm.plɪ.koː]Ecclesiastical[ˈim.pli.ko]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to entangle, entwine
- to infold, envelop, encircle
- to embrace
- to clasp, grasp
- figurativelyto unite, associate, join
- to implicate, involve, include, engage, instill
Exsecūtiō officiī plērumque certum suae ūtilitātis proximae sacrificium implicat.
The performance of a duty usually involves a certain sacrifice of one's own immediate benefit.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ita in veste capiō ut sē movēre vix possit; veste suā implicātus.implicō -āre -uī — in Mille Verba, Thermae
involūtus, perplexusimplicātus -a -um — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 17, 19
involvō, irrētiōimplicō -āre — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 7
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | implicō | implicābam | implicābō | implicāvī | implicāveram | implicāverō implicārō |
| 2nd sg. | implicās | implicābās | implicābis | implicāvistī implicāstī | implicāverās implicārās | implicāveris |
| 3rd sg. | implicat | implicābat | implicābit | implicāvit | implicāverat implicārat | implicāverit implicārit |
| 1st pl. | implicāmus | implicābāmus | implicābimus | implicāvimus | implicāverāmus | implicāverimus implicārimus |
| 2nd pl. | implicātis | implicābātis | implicābitis | implicāvistis implicāstis | implicāverātis implicārātis | implicāveritis implicāritis |
| 3rd pl. | implicant | implicābant | implicābunt | implicāvērunt implicāvēre, implicārunt | implicāverant implicārant | implicāverint implicārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | implicem | implicārem | implicāverim implicārim | implicāvissem implicāssem |
| 2nd sg. | implicēs | implicārēs | implicāverīs | implicāvissēs implicāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | implicet | implicāret | implicāverit implicārit | implicāvisset implicāsset |
| 1st pl. | implicēmus | implicārēmus | implicāverīmus implicārīmus | implicāvissēmus implicāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | implicētis | implicārētis | implicāverītis implicārītis | implicāvissētis implicāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | implicent | implicārent | implicāverint implicārint | implicāvissent implicāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | implicor | implicābar | implicābor |
| 2nd sg. | implicāris implicāre | implicābāris implicābāre | implicāberis implicābere |
| 3rd sg. | implicātur | implicābātur | implicābitur |
| 1st pl. | implicāmur | implicābāmur | implicābimur |
| 2nd pl. | implicāminī | implicābāminī | implicābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | implicantur | implicābantur | implicābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | implicer | implicārer |
| 2nd sg. | implicēris implicēre | implicārēris implicārēre |
| 3rd sg. | implicētur | implicārētur |
| 1st pl. | implicēmur | implicārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | implicēminī | implicārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | implicentur | implicārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | implicā | implicāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | implicāte | implicāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | implicātō | implicātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | implicātō | implicātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | implicātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | implicantō | implicantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | implicāre | implicārī |
| perfect infinitive | implicāvisse implicāsse | implicātum esse |
| future infinitive | implicātūrum esse | implicātum īrī |
| present participle | implicāns implicante, implicantem, implicantēs, implicantī, implicantia, implicantibus, implicantis, implicantīs, implicantium | — |
| perfect participle | — | implicātus implicāta, implicātā, implicātae, implicātam, implicātārum, implicātās, implicātī, implicātōrum, implicātōs |
| future participle | implicātūrus implicātūra, implicātūrā, implicātūrae, implicātūram, implicātūrārum, implicātūrās, implicātūre, implicātūrī, implicātūrīs, implicātūrō, implicātūrōrum, implicātūrōs, implicātūrum | implicandus implicanda, implicandā, implicandae, implicandam, implicandārum, implicandās, implicande, implicandīs, implicandōrum, implicandōs |
gerundimplicandī, implicandō, implicandumsupineimplicātum, implicātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- bello implicari
- to be involved in a war.
- erroribus implicari (Tusc. 4. 27. 58)
- to fall into error.
- multis negotiis implicatum, districtum, distentum, obrutum esse
- to be involved in many undertakings; to be much occupied, embarrassed, overwhelmed by business-claims.
implĭco (inpl-), āvi, ātum, or (twice in Cic., and freq. since the Aug. per.) ŭi, ĭtum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 550 sq.), 1, v. a. in-plico, to fold into; hence,
I. to infold, involve, entangle, entwine, inwrap, envelop, encircle, embrace, clasp, grasp (freq. and class.; cf.: irretio, impedio).
I. Lit.:
involvulus in pampini folio se, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64: ut tenax hedera huc et illuc Arborem implicat errans, Cat. 61, 35; cf. id. ib. 107 sq.: et nunc huc inde huc incertos implicat orbes, Verg. A. 12, 743: dextrae se parvus Iulus Implicuit, id. ib. 2, 724; cf.: implicuit materno bracchia collo, Ov. M. 1, 762: implicuitque suos circum mea colla lacertos, id. Am. 2, 18, 9: implicuitque comam laevā, grasped, Verg. A. 2, 552: sertis comas, Tib. 3, 6, 64: crinem auro, Verg. A. 4, 148: frondenti tempora ramo, id. ib. 7, 136; cf. Ov. F. 5, 220: in parte inferiore hic implicabatur caput, Afran. ap. Non. 123, 16 (implicare positum pro ornare, Non.): aquila implicuit pedes atque unguibus haesit, Verg. A. 11, 752: effusumque equitem super ipse (equus) secutus Implicat, id. ib. 10, 894: congressi in proelia totas Implicuere inter se acies, id. ib. 11, 632: implicare ac perturbare aciem, Sall. J. 59, 3: (lues) ossibus implicat ignem, Verg. A. 7, 355.—In part. perf.: quini erant ordines conjuncti inter se atque implicati, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 4: Canidia brevibus implicata viperis Crines, Hor. Epod. 5, 15: folium implicatum, Plin. 21, 17, 65, § 105: intestinum implicatum, id. 11, 4, 3, § 9: impliciti laqueis, Ov. A. A. 2, 580: Cerberos implicitis angue minante comis, id. H. 9, 94: implicitamque sinu absstulit, id. A. A. 1, 561: impliciti Peleus rapit oscula nati, held in his arms, Val. Fl. 1, 264.II. Trop.
A. In gen., to entangle, implicate, involve, envelop, engage:
di immortales vim suam ... tum terrae cavernis includunt, tum hominum naturis implicant, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79: contrahendis negotiis implicari, id. Off. 2, 11, 40: alienis (rebus) nimis implicari molestum esse, id. Lael. 13, 45: implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi, id. Off. 1, 32, 117: implicari negotio, id. Leg. 1, 3: ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44; cf.: multis implicari erroribus, id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58: bello, Verg. A. 11, 109: eum primo incertis implicantes responsis, Liv. 27, 43, 3: nisi forte implacabiles irae vestrae implicaverint animos vestros, perplexed, confounded, id. 40, 46, 6: paucitas in partitione servatur, si genera ipsa rerum ponuntur, neque permixte cum partibus implicantur, are mingled, mixed up, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32: ut omnibus copiis conductis te implicet, ne ad me iter tibi expeditum sit, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, D, 1: tanti errores implicant temporum, ut nec qui consules nec quid quoque anno actum sit digerere possis, Liv. 2, 21, 4.—In part. perf.: dum rei publicae quaedam procuratio multis officiis implicatum et constrictum tenebat, Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11: Deus nullis occupationibus est implicatus, id. N. D. 1, 19, 51; cf.: implicatus molestis negotiis et operosis, id. ib. 1, 20, 52: animos dederit suis angoribus et molestiis implicatos, id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3: Agrippina morbo corporis implicata, Tac. A. 4, 53: inconstantia tua cum levitate, tum etiam perjurio implicata, Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; cf. id. Phil. 2, 32, 81: intervalla, quibus implicata atque permixta oratio est, id. Or. 56, 187: (voluptas) penitus in omni sensu implicata insidet, id. Leg. 1, 17, 47: quae quatuor inter se colligata atque implicata, id. Off. 1, 5, 15: natura non tam propensus ad misericordiam quam implicatus ad severitatem videbatur, id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; and in the form implicitus, esp. with morbo (in morbum): quies necessaria morbo implicitum exercitum tenuit, Liv. 3, 2, 1; 7, 23, 2; 23, 40, 1: ubi se quisque videbat Implicitum morbo, Lucr. 6, 1232: graviore morbo implicitus, Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 1; cf.: implicitus in morbum, Nep. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 23, 34, 11: implicitus suspicionibus, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 19; cf.: implicitus terrore, Luc. 3, 432: litibus implicitus, Hor. A. P. 424: implicitam sinu abstulit, Ov. A. A. 1, 562: (vinum) jam sanos implicitos facit, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 87.—B. In partic., to attach closely, connect intimately, to unite, join; in pass., to be intimately connected, associated, or related:
(homo) profectus a caritate domesticorum ac suorum serpat longius et se implicet primum civium, deinde mortalium omnium societate, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45: omnes qui nostris familiaritatibus implicantur, id. Balb. 27, 60: (L. Gellius) ita diu vixit, ut multarum aetatum oratoribus implicaretur, id. Brut. 47, 174: quibus applicari expediet, non implicari, Sen. Ep. 105, 5.— In part. perf.: aliquos habere implicatos consuetudine et benevolentia, Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2: implicatus amicitiis, id. Att. 1, 19, 8: familiaritate, id. Pis. 29, 70: implicati ultro et citro vel usu diuturno vel etiam officiis, id. Lael. 22, 85. —Hence, 1. implĭcātus (inpl-), a, um, P. a., entangled, perplexed, confused, intricate:
nec in Torquati sermone quicquam implicatum aut tortuosum fuit, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3: reliquae (partes orationis) sunt magnae, implicatae, variae, graves, etc., id. de Or. 3, 14, 52: vox rauca et implicata, Sen. Apocol. med. — Comp.: implicatior ad loquendum, Amm. 26, 6, 18. — Sup.: obscurissima et implicatissima quaestio, Gell. 6, 2, 15: ista tortuosissima et implicatissima nodositas, Aug. Conf. 2, 10 init.—2. im-plĭcĭtē (inpl-), adv., intricately (rare):
non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius, Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
implicō (in-pl-) āvī or uī, ātus or itus, āre,
to infold, involve, entangle, entwine, inwrap, envelop, encircle, embrace, clasp, grasp: incertos orbīs, V.: quam flumine curvo Implicuit Cephisos, O.: comam laevā, grasped, V.: pedes, V.: inter se acies, V.: aciem, S.: (lues) ossibus implicat ignem, V.: bracchia collo, O.: Canidia brevibus implicata viperis Crines, H.—Fig., to attach closely, connect intimately, unite, associate, join (only pass. or with se): qui nostris familiaritatibus implicantur: implicata inscientiā impudentia est: implicatus amicitiis: haec ratio pecuniarum implicata est cum illis pecuniis, etc.—To entangle, implicate, involve, envelop, embarrass, engage: di vim suam hominum naturis implicant: alienis (rebus) nimis implicari: ipse tuā defensione implicabere: nisi irae implicaverint animos vestros, confounded, L.: tanti errores implicant temporum (sc. scriptorem), such confused chronology, L.: multis officiis implicatum tenere: quae quattuor inter se conligata atque implicata: eripere atris Litibus implicitum, H.— P. perf., in the phrase: implicitus morbo or in morbum, sick, disabled by sickness: morbo implicitum exercitum tenere, L.: graviore morbo implicitus, Cs.: implicitus in morbum, N.
Origins
From in- + plicō (“to fold”).
Descendants
- Italianimpiegare
- Occitanemplegar
- Catalanemplegarfrom Old Catalan emplegar
- Frenchemployerfrom Old French empleier
- Englishemployfrom Old French empleier
- Englishimplyfrom Old French empleier
- Spanishemplearfrom Old French empleier
- Sardinianimprearefrom Old French empleier
- Sardinianumprigare
- Catalanimplicar