LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

inclūdō

inclūdō (present infinitive inclūdere, perfect active inclūsī, supine inclūsum)
Classical[ɪŋˈkɫuː.doː]Ecclesiastical[iŋˈkluː.do]

Meaning

  1. to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in
  2. to obstruct, restrain, hinder
  3. to limit, control
  4. to close
  5. to finish, end
  6. figurativelyto include, enclose or insert something, incorporate

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.inclūdōinclūdēbaminclūdaminclūsīinclūseraminclūserō
2nd sg.inclūdisinclūdēbāsinclūdēsinclūsistīinclūserāsinclūseris
3rd sg.inclūditinclūdēbatinclūdetinclūsitinclūseratinclūserit
1st pl.inclūdimusinclūdēbāmusinclūdēmusinclūsimusinclūserāmusinclūserimus
2nd pl.inclūditisinclūdēbātisinclūdētisinclūsistisinclūserātisinclūseritis
3rd pl.inclūduntinclūdēbantinclūdentinclūsērunt
inclūsēre
inclūserantinclūserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.inclūdaminclūdereminclūseriminclūsissem
2nd sg.inclūdāsinclūderēsinclūserīsinclūsissēs
3rd sg.inclūdatinclūderetinclūseritinclūsisset
1st pl.inclūdāmusinclūderēmusinclūserīmusinclūsissēmus
2nd pl.inclūdātisinclūderētisinclūserītisinclūsissētis
3rd pl.inclūdantinclūderentinclūserintinclūsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.inclūdorinclūdēbarinclūdar
2nd sg.inclūderis
inclūdere
inclūdēbāris
inclūdēbāre
inclūdēris
inclūdēre
3rd sg.inclūditurinclūdēbāturinclūdētur
1st pl.inclūdimurinclūdēbāmurinclūdēmur
2nd pl.inclūdiminīinclūdēbāminīinclūdēminī
3rd pl.inclūdunturinclūdēbanturinclūdentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.inclūdarinclūderer
2nd sg.inclūdāris
inclūdāre
inclūderēris
inclūderēre
3rd sg.inclūdāturinclūderētur
1st pl.inclūdāmurinclūderēmur
2nd pl.inclūdāminīinclūderēminī
3rd pl.inclūdanturinclūderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.inclūdeinclūdere
pres. 2nd pl.inclūditeinclūdiminī
fut. 2nd sg.inclūditōinclūditor
fut. 3rd sg.inclūditōinclūditor
fut. 2nd pl.inclūditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.inclūduntōinclūduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveinclūdereinclūdī
perfect infinitiveinclūsisseinclūsum esse
future infinitiveinclūsūrum esseinclūsum īrī
present participleinclūdēns—
perfect participle—inclūsus
inclūsa, inclūsā, inclūsae, inclūsam, inclūsārum, inclūsās, inclūse, inclūsīs, inclūsō, inclūsōrum, inclūsōs
future participleinclūsūrus
inclūsūra, inclūsūrā, inclūsūrae, inclūsūram, inclūsūrārum, inclūsūrās, inclūsūre, inclūsūrī, inclūsūrīs, inclūsūrō, inclūsūrōrum, inclūsūrōs, inclūsūrum
inclūdendus
inclūdundus, inclūdenda, inclūdendā, inclūdendae, inclūdendam, inclūdendārum, inclūdendās, inclūdende, inclūdendīs, inclūdendōrum, inclūdendōs
gerundinclūdendī, inclūdendō, inclūdendumsupineinclūsum, inclūsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

includere in orationem aliquid
to interpolate, insert something.

in-clūdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. claudo,
I. to shut up, shut in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in (class.).—Constr. with in and abl., in and acc., rarely with the simple abl., dat., or absol.
I. Lit.
(a). With in and abl.: habemus senatusconsultum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vagina reconditum, Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4: armatos in cella Concordiae, id. Phil. 3, 12, 31: in uno cubiculo, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 133: in curia, id. Att. 6, 1, 6; 6, 2, 8: omne animal in mundo intus, id. Univ. 10: dum sumus inclusi in his compagibus corporis, id. de Sen. 21, 77: consule in carcere incluso, id. Att. 2, 1, 8; cf.: avis inclusa in cavea, id. Div. 2, 35, 73; cf.: (Animus) inclusus in corpore, id. Rep. 6, 26: veriti, ne includerentur vento in hostium orā, weather-bound on the coast, Liv. 37, 24, 9.—
(b). With in and acc.: aliquem in custodias, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144: aliquem in carcerem, Liv. 38, 59 fin.—
(g). With the simple abl.: inclusi parietibus, Cic. Rep. 3, 9; cf.: aliquem carcere, Liv. 38, 60, 6: vim terrae cavernis, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; id. de Sen. 15, 51: inclusus caveā, Ov. Ib. 521: minora castra inclusa majoribus, Caes. B. C. 3, 66, 5; cf. id. ib. 3, 67 fin.: grandes zmaragdos auro, i. e. to set, Lucr. 4, 1127; cf.: suras auro, to sheathe, Verg. A. 11, 488; 12, 430: inclusus carcere nassae, caught, Juv. 12, 123.—
(d). With dat.: corpora furtim Includunt caeco lateri, Verg. A. 2, 19: publicae custodiae aliquem, Val. Max. 4, 6, ext. 3.—(ε) Absol., or with acc.: inclusum atque abditum latere in occulto, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: fila numerata porri, Juv. 14, 133: intrat positas inclusa per aequora moles, id. 12, 75: pars Heracleae incluserunt sese, Liv. 36, 17, 9; for which: Aetolorum utraeque manus Heracleam sese incluserunt, id. 36, 16, 5: si quis alienum hominem aut pecudem incluserit et fame necaverit, Gai. Inst. 3, 219.—Poet.: huc aliena ex arbore germen Includunt, ingraft, Verg. G. 2, 76. —
B. Transf.
1. To obstruct, hinder, stop up (rare, and mostly post-Aug.): dolor includit vocem, Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48: consuli primo tam novae rei admiratio incluserat vocem, Liv. 2, 2, 8: spiritum, id. 21, 58, 4; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209: lacrimas (dolor), Stat. Th. 12, 318: os alicui insertā spongiā, Sen. de Ira, 3, 10: post inclusum volatum, Pall. 1, 26, 1; cf. 7, 5, 4.—
2. To bound, limit: Asiam in duas partes Agrippa divisit: unam inclusit ab oriente Phrygia . . . alteram determinavit ab oriente Armenia minore, etc., Plin. 5, 27, 28, § 102. —
II. Trop.
A. In gen., to include, enclose, insert in any thing.
(a). With in and abl.: qua de re agitur illud, quod multis locis in jurisconsultorum includitur formulis, Cic. Brut. 79, 275: similem sui speciem in clipeo Minervae, id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34: animorum salus inclusa in ipsa est, id. ib. 4, 27, 58.—
(b). With in and acc.: in hujus me tu consilii societatem tamquam in equum Trojanum cum principibus includis? Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 32: quam (opinationem) in omnes definitiones superiores inclusimus, id. Tusc. 4, 7, 15; id. Att. 13, 19, 3: eos in eam formam, id. Or. 5, 19: orationem in epistulam, id. Att. 1, 16, 10; id. Q. Fr. 1, 7, 24.—
(g). With abl. (freq. in Liv.): illa quae mihi sunt inclusa medullis, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3; cf. Liv. 36, 17, 11; 6, 8, 9: oratio libro inclusa, id. 45, 25, 3: verba versu includere, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 184: si aperias haec, quae verbo uno inclusa erant, Quint. 8, 3, 68; 12, 10, 66: antiquo me includere ludo quaeris, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 3.—
(d). With dat.: τοποθεσίαν quam postulas, includam orationi meae, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 5; cf. Liv. 45, 25, 3: quas aureae armillae inclusas gestavit, Suet. Ner. 6 fin.: portae, Val. Max. 5, 6, 3.— (ε) With adv. of place: intus inclusum periculum est, Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 11.—
B. In partic.
1. Of time, to close, finish, end (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): sic nobis, qui nunc magnum spiramus amantes, Forsitan includet crastina fata dies, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 54; cf. Sil. 13, 686: tempora quae semel Notis condita fastis Inclusit (= consignavit), volucris dies, Hor. C. 4, 13, 16; so, hujus actionem (vespera), Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 18: mellationem idibus Nov. fere, Plin. 11, 16, 15, § 42: omnes potiones aqua frigida, Cels. 1, 8 fin.—
2. To restrain, control: adversus imperatorem, nullis neque temporis nec juris inclusum angustiis, Liv. 24, 8, 7.

Origins

From in- + claudō (“shut, end; imprison; restrict”).

Borrowings
  • Catalanincloure
  • Englishinclude
  • Englishinclose
  • Frenchinclure
  • Italianincludere
  • Occitaninclure
  • Portugueseincluir
  • Romanianinclude
  • Spanishincluir
  • Asturianincluir
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanencloure
  • Occitanenclaure
  • Old Frenchenclore
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianînchide
  • Aromanianncljid
Italo-Romance
  • Italianinchiudere
  • Neapolitannchiudere
  • Siciliannchiùdiri
Ibero-Romance
  • Galicianenchoer

In English words that came into English from inclūdō

  • includeinclūdō
  • enclosureinclūdō
  • inclusioninclusio
  • enclose*inclaudo
  • inclusiveinclūsīvus

Quick answers

What does inclūdō mean in Latin?
inclūdō, a verb, means “to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in; to obstruct, restrain, hinder; to limit, control”.
What are the principal parts of inclūdō?
inclūdō, inclūdere, inclūsī, inclūsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce inclūdō?
In classical Latin, [ɪŋˈkɫuː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iŋˈkluː.do].
Which English words come from inclūdō?
English words that go back to Latin inclūdō include include, enclosure, inclusion, enclose and inclusive.