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verbfirst conjugation

īnsecō1

īnsecō (present infinitive īnsecāre, perfect active īnsecuī, supine īnsectum)
Classical[ˈĩː.sɛ.koː]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.se.ko]

Meaning

  1. to cut up or into
  2. to incise
  3. to dissect

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.īnsecōīnsecābamīnsecābōīnsecuīīnsecueramīnsecuerō
2nd sg.īnsecāsīnsecābāsīnsecābisīnsecuistīīnsecuerāsīnsecueris
3rd sg.īnsecatīnsecābatīnsecābitīnsecuitīnsecueratīnsecuerit
1st pl.īnsecāmusīnsecābāmusīnsecābimusīnsecuimusīnsecuerāmusīnsecuerimus
2nd pl.īnsecātisīnsecābātisīnsecābitisīnsecuistisīnsecuerātisīnsecueritis
3rd pl.īnsecantīnsecābantīnsecābuntīnsecuērunt
īnsecuēre		īnsecuerantīnsecuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.īnsecemīnsecāremīnsecuerimīnsecuissem
2nd sg.īnsecēsīnsecārēsīnsecuerīsīnsecuissēs
3rd sg.īnsecetīnsecāretīnsecueritīnsecuisset
1st pl.īnsecēmusīnsecārēmusīnsecuerīmusīnsecuissēmus
2nd pl.īnsecētisīnsecārētisīnsecuerītisīnsecuissētis
3rd pl.īnsecentīnsecārentīnsecuerintīnsecuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.īnsecorīnsecābarīnsecābor
2nd sg.īnsecāris
īnsecāre		īnsecābāris
īnsecābāre		īnsecāberis
īnsecābere
3rd sg.īnsecāturīnsecābāturīnsecābitur
1st pl.īnsecāmurīnsecābāmurīnsecābimur
2nd pl.īnsecāminīīnsecābāminīīnsecābiminī
3rd pl.īnsecanturīnsecābanturīnsecābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.īnsecerīnsecārer
2nd sg.īnsecēris
īnsecēre		īnsecārēris
īnsecārēre
3rd sg.īnsecēturīnsecārētur
1st pl.īnsecēmurīnsecārēmur
2nd pl.īnsecēminīīnsecārēminī
3rd pl.īnsecenturīnsecārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.īnsecāīnsecāre
pres. 2nd pl.īnsecāteīnsecāminī
fut. 2nd sg.īnsecātōīnsecātor
fut. 3rd sg.īnsecātōīnsecātor
fut. 2nd pl.īnsecātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.īnsecantōīnsecantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveīnsecāreīnsecārī
perfect infinitiveīnsecuisseīnsectum esse
future infinitiveīnsectūrum esseīnsectum īrī
present participleīnsecāns—
perfect participle—īnsectus
īnsecta, īnsectā, īnsectae, īnsectam, īnsectārum, īnsectās, īnsecte, īnsectī, īnsectīs, īnsectō, īnsectōrum, īnsectōs
future participleīnsectūrus
īnsectūra, īnsectūrā, īnsectūrae, īnsectūram, īnsectūrārum, īnsectūrās, īnsectūre, īnsectūrī, īnsectūrīs, īnsectūrō, īnsectūrōrum, īnsectūrōs, īnsectūrum		īnsecandus
īnsecanda, īnsecandā, īnsecandae, īnsecandam, īnsecandārum, īnsecandās, īnsecande, īnsecandīs, īnsecandōrum, īnsecandōs
gerundīnsecandī, īnsecandō, īnsecandumsupineīnsectum, īnsectū

in-sĕco, cŭi, ctum, 1, v. a.,
I. to cut into, cut up (class.): aliquid dentibus, Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62: olivam acuta harundine, Col. 12, 47: corpora mortuorum ad scrutandos morbos, to dissect, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 86: insecandi sunt favi, Col. 9, 15, 9: quod (subtemen) insecti pectine dentes, cut in, notched, Ov. M. 6, 58.—Hence, insectum, i, n. (sc. animale), an insect; plur., Plin. 11, 1, 1, § 1; 11, 28, 33, § 96 al.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin īnsecō From īn- + secō.

In English words that came into English from īnsecō

  • insectīnsectum
verbthird conjugation, no supine stem
īnsecō2
īnsecō (present infinitive īnsecere, perfect active īnsexī)
Classical[ˈĩː.sɛ.koː]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.se.ko]

Meaning

  1. to tell
    Īnsece, Mūsa, manū Rōmānōrum induperātor quod quisque in bellō gessit …Tell thou, oh Muse, what each Commander accomplished—by way of Roman forces—in the war with King Phillip …239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, Annales 322

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.īnsecōīnsecēbam
īnsecābam		īnsecam
īnsecābō		īnsexī
īnsecuī		īnsexeram
īnsecueram		īnsexerō
īnsecuerō
2nd sg.īnsecisīnsecēbās
īnsecābās		īnsecēs
īnsecābis		īnsexistī
īnsecuistī		īnsexerās
īnsecuerās		īnsexeris
īnsecueris
3rd sg.īnsecitīnsecēbat
īnsecābat		īnsecet
īnsecābit		īnsexit
īnsecuit		īnsexerat
īnsecuerat		īnsexerit
īnsecuerit
1st pl.īnsecimusīnsecēbāmus
īnsecābāmus		īnsecēmus
īnsecābimus		īnseximus
īnsecuimus		īnsexerāmus
īnsecuerāmus		īnsexerimus
īnsecuerimus
2nd pl.īnsecitisīnsecēbātis
īnsecābātis		īnsecētis
īnsecābitis		īnsexistis
īnsecuistis		īnsexerātis
īnsecuerātis		īnsexeritis
īnsecueritis
3rd pl.īnsecuntīnsecēbant
īnsecābant		īnsecent
īnsecābunt		īnsexērunt
īnsexēre, īnsecuēre, īnsecuērunt		īnsexerant
īnsecuerant		īnsexerint
īnsecuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.īnsecam
īnsecem		īnsecerem
īnsecārem		īnsexerim
īnsecuerim		īnsexissem
īnsecuissem
2nd sg.īnsecāsīnsecerēs
īnsecārēs		īnsexerīs
īnsecuerīs		īnsexissēs
īnsecuissēs
3rd sg.īnsecatīnseceret
īnsecāret		īnsexerit
īnsecuerit		īnsexisset
īnsecuisset
1st pl.īnsecāmusīnsecerēmus
īnsecārēmus		īnsexerīmus
īnsecuerīmus		īnsexissēmus
īnsecuissēmus
2nd pl.īnsecātisīnsecerētis
īnsecārētis		īnsexerītis
īnsecuerītis		īnsexissētis
īnsecuissētis
3rd pl.īnsecantīnsecerent
īnsecārent		īnsexerint
īnsecuerint		īnsexissent
īnsecuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.īnsecorīnsecēbar
īnsecābar		īnsecar
īnsecābor
2nd sg.īnseceris
īnsecere		īnsecēbāris
īnsecēbāre, īnsecābāre, īnsecābāris		īnsecēris
īnsecēre, īnsecābere, īnsecāberis
3rd sg.īnseciturīnsecēbātur
īnsecābātur		īnsecētur
īnsecābitur
1st pl.īnsecimurīnsecēbāmur
īnsecābāmur		īnsecēmur
īnsecābimur
2nd pl.īnseciminīīnsecēbāminī
īnsecābāminī		īnsecēminī
īnsecābiminī
3rd pl.īnsecunturīnsecēbantur
īnsecābantur		īnsecentur
īnsecābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.īnsecar
īnsecer		īnsecerer
īnsecārer
2nd sg.īnsecāris
īnsecāre		īnsecerēris
īnsecerēre, īnsecārēre, īnsecārēris
3rd sg.īnsecāturīnsecerētur
īnsecārētur
1st pl.īnsecāmurīnsecerēmur
īnsecārēmur
2nd pl.īnsecāminīīnsecerēminī
īnsecārēminī
3rd pl.īnsecanturīnsecerentur
īnsecārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.īnsece
īnsecā		īnsecere
pres. 2nd pl.īnsecite
īnsecāte		īnseciminī
fut. 2nd sg.īnsecitō
īnsecātō		īnsecitor
īnsecātor
fut. 3rd sg.īnsecitō
īnsecātō		īnsecitor
īnsecātor
fut. 2nd pl.īnsecitōte
īnsecātōte		—
fut. 3rd pl.īnsecuntō
īnsecantō		īnsecuntor
īnsecantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveīnsecereīnsecī
īnsecārī
perfect infinitiveīnsexisse
īnsecuisse		—
present participleīnsecēns—
perfect participle—īnsecta
īnsectā, īnsectae, īnsectam, īnsectārum, īnsectās, īnsecte, īnsectī, īnsectīs, īnsectō, īnsectōrum, īnsectōs, īnsectum, īnsectus
future participleīnsectūra
īnsectūrā, īnsectūrae, īnsectūram, īnsectūrārum, īnsectūrās, īnsectūre, īnsectūrī, īnsectūrīs, īnsectūrō, īnsectūrōrum, īnsectūrōs, īnsectūrum, īnsectūrus		īnsecendus
īnsecundus, īnsecanda, īnsecandā, īnsecandae, īnsecandam, īnsecandārum, īnsecandās, īnsecande, īnsecandī, īnsecandīs, īnsecandō, īnsecandōrum, īnsecandōs, īnsecandum, īnsecandus
gerundīnsecendī, īnsecendō, īnsecendumsupineīnsectū

insĕco or insĕquo, insexi, old form for insĕquor,
I. to pursue the narration, to proceed, relate, declare; so imper.: insece, Musa, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 9, 3 (Ann. v. 332 Vahl.): virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum, Liv. Andr. ap. Gell. 18, 9, 5; perf. subj.: insexit, dixerit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 111 Müll.; gerund.: insecenda, Cato ap. Gell. 1. 1.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin īnsecō From īn- + secō.

Quick answers

What does īnsecō mean in Latin?
īnsecō, a verb, means “to cut up or into; to incise; to dissect”.
What are the principal parts of īnsecō?
īnsecō, īnsecāre, īnsecuī, īnsectum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce īnsecō?
In classical Latin, [ˈĩː.sɛ.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈin.se.ko].
Where does īnsecō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin īnsecō.