LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

incernō

incernō (present infinitive incernere, perfect active incrēvī, supine incrētum)
Classical[ɪŋˈkɛr.noː]Ecclesiastical[in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛr.no]

Meaning

  1. to sift upon something, cover with sifting; scatter, sprinkle or sift with a sieve

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.incernōincernēbamincernamincrēvīincrēveramincrēverō
2nd sg.incernisincernēbāsincernēsincrēvistīincrēverāsincrēveris
3rd sg.incernitincernēbatincernetincrēvitincrēveratincrēverit
1st pl.incernimusincernēbāmusincernēmusincrēvimusincrēverāmusincrēverimus
2nd pl.incernitisincernēbātisincernētisincrēvistisincrēverātisincrēveritis
3rd pl.incernuntincernēbantincernentincrēvērunt
incrēvēre
incrēverantincrēverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.incernamincerneremincrēverimincrēvissem
2nd sg.incernāsincernerēsincrēverīsincrēvissēs
3rd sg.incernatincerneretincrēveritincrēvisset
1st pl.incernāmusincernerēmusincrēverīmusincrēvissēmus
2nd pl.incernātisincernerētisincrēverītisincrēvissētis
3rd pl.incernantincernerentincrēverintincrēvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.incernorincernēbarincernar
2nd sg.incerneris
incernere
incernēbāris
incernēbāre
incernēris
incernēre
3rd sg.incerniturincernēbāturincernētur
1st pl.incernimurincernēbāmurincernēmur
2nd pl.incerniminīincernēbāminīincernēminī
3rd pl.incernunturincernēbanturincernentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.incernarincernerer
2nd sg.incernāris
incernāre
incernerēris
incernerēre
3rd sg.incernāturincernerētur
1st pl.incernāmurincernerēmur
2nd pl.incernāminīincernerēminī
3rd pl.incernanturincernerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.incerneincernere
pres. 2nd pl.incerniteincerniminī
fut. 2nd sg.incernitōincernitor
fut. 3rd sg.incernitōincernitor
fut. 2nd pl.incernitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.incernuntōincernuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveincernereincernī
perfect infinitiveincrēvisseincrētum esse
future infinitiveincrētūrum esseincrētum īrī
present participleincernēns—
perfect participle—incrētus
incrēta, incrētā, incrētae, incrētam, incrētārum, incrētās, incrēte, incrētī, incrētīs, incrētō, incrētōrum, incrētōs
future participleincrētūrusincernendus
incernundus, incernenda, incernendā, incernendae, incernendam, incernendārum, incernendās, incernende, incernendīs, incernendōrum, incernendōs
gerundincernendī, incernendō, incernendumsupineincrētum, incrētū

in-cerno, ĕre, v. a.,
I. to sift upon a thing, to cover or bestrew with sifting; to sift, scatter with a sieve: terram cribro, Cato, R. R. 48, 2; Col. 5, 6, 6: super fricaturam incernatur marmor, Vitr. 7, 1: incretum ( = per incerniculum sive cribrum inspersum), sifted in, Hor. S. 2, 4, 75 Orell. (but in Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 87, the correct read. is redimitum; v. Sillig. ad h. l.).

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *krey-der. Proto-Italic *krinō Latin cernō Latin incernō From in- (“in, at, on”) + cernō (“see, discern”).

Quick answers

What does incernō mean in Latin?
incernō, a verb, means “to sift upon something, cover with sifting; scatter, sprinkle or sift with a sieve”.
What are the principal parts of incernō?
incernō, incernere, incrēvī, incrētum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce incernō?
In classical Latin, [ɪŋˈkɛr.noː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛr.no].
Where does incernō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin incernō.