LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

interpungō

interpungō (present infinitive interpungere, perfect active interpūnxī, supine interpūnctum)
Classical[ɪn.tɛrˈpʊŋ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[in.terˈpuŋ.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto place points between words, to point or punctuate

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.interpungōinterpungēbaminterpungaminterpūnxīinterpūnxeraminterpūnxerō
2nd sg.interpungisinterpungēbāsinterpungēsinterpūnxistīinterpūnxerāsinterpūnxeris
3rd sg.interpungitinterpungēbatinterpungetinterpūnxitinterpūnxeratinterpūnxerit
1st pl.interpungimusinterpungēbāmusinterpungēmusinterpūnximusinterpūnxerāmusinterpūnxerimus
2nd pl.interpungitisinterpungēbātisinterpungētisinterpūnxistisinterpūnxerātisinterpūnxeritis
3rd pl.interpunguntinterpungēbantinterpungentinterpūnxērunt
interpūnxēre		interpūnxerantinterpūnxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.interpungaminterpungereminterpūnxeriminterpūnxissem
2nd sg.interpungāsinterpungerēsinterpūnxerīsinterpūnxissēs
3rd sg.interpungatinterpungeretinterpūnxeritinterpūnxisset
1st pl.interpungāmusinterpungerēmusinterpūnxerīmusinterpūnxissēmus
2nd pl.interpungātisinterpungerētisinterpūnxerītisinterpūnxissētis
3rd pl.interpungantinterpungerentinterpūnxerintinterpūnxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.interpungorinterpungēbarinterpungar
2nd sg.interpungeris
interpungere		interpungēbāris
interpungēbāre		interpungēris
interpungēre
3rd sg.interpungiturinterpungēbāturinterpungētur
1st pl.interpungimurinterpungēbāmurinterpungēmur
2nd pl.interpungiminīinterpungēbāminīinterpungēminī
3rd pl.interpungunturinterpungēbanturinterpungentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.interpungarinterpungerer
2nd sg.interpungāris
interpungāre		interpungerēris
interpungerēre
3rd sg.interpungāturinterpungerētur
1st pl.interpungāmurinterpungerēmur
2nd pl.interpungāminīinterpungerēminī
3rd pl.interpunganturinterpungerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.interpungeinterpungere
pres. 2nd pl.interpungiteinterpungiminī
fut. 2nd sg.interpungitōinterpungitor
fut. 3rd sg.interpungitōinterpungitor
fut. 2nd pl.interpungitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.interpunguntōinterpunguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveinterpungereinterpungī
perfect infinitiveinterpūnxisseinterpūnctum esse
future infinitiveinterpūnctūrum esseinterpūnctum īrī
present participleinterpungēns—
perfect participle—interpūnctus
interpūncta, interpūnctā, interpūnctae, interpūnctam, interpūnctārum, interpūnctās, interpūncte, interpūnctī, interpūnctīs, interpūnctō, interpūnctōrum, interpūnctōs
future participleinterpūnctūrus
interpūnctūra, interpūnctūrā, interpūnctūrae, interpūnctūram, interpūnctūrārum, interpūnctūrās, interpūnctūre, interpūnctūrī, interpūnctūrīs, interpūnctūrō, interpūnctūrōrum, interpūnctūrōs, interpūnctūrum		interpungendus
interpungundus, interpungenda, interpungendā, interpungendae, interpungendam, interpungendārum, interpungendās, interpungende, interpungendīs, interpungendōrum, interpungendōs
gerundinterpungendī, interpungendō, interpungendumsupineinterpūnctum, interpūnctū

inter-pungo, punxi, punctum, 3, v. a.,
I. to place points between words, to point, punctuate: cum scribimus, interpungere consuevimus, Sen. Ep. 40.—Hence, inter-punctus, a, um, P. a., well divided: narratio distincta personis et interpuncta sermonibus, Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328: clausula, id. ib. 3, 44, 173: intervalla, id. Or. 16, 53.— As subst.: interpuncta verborum, divisions by punctuation, id. de Or. 3, 46, 181.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininterpungō

Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin interpungō From inter (“between”) + pungō (“to prick, puncture, or sting”).

Descendants
  • Englishinterpoint
  • Englishinterpunct
  • Frenchentrepoindre
  • Germaninterpungieren
  • Italianinterpungere
  • Dutchinterpunkteren
  • Swedishinterpunktera

In English words that came into English from interpungō

  • interpunctinterpunctus
  • interpunctioninterpunctio

Quick answers

What does interpungō mean in Latin?
interpungō, a verb, means “to place points between words, to point or punctuate”.
What are the principal parts of interpungō?
interpungō, interpungere, interpūnxī, interpūnctum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce interpungō?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.tɛrˈpʊŋ.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.terˈpuŋ.ɡo].
Where does interpungō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér → Proto-Italic *n̥ter → Latin interpungō.