LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

mulgeō

mulgeō (present infinitive mulgēre, perfect active mulsī, supine mulsum)
Classical[ˈmʊɫ.ɡe.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmul̠ʲ.d͡ʒe.o]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto milk, extract

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.mulgeōmulgēbammulgēbōmulsīmulserammulserō
2nd sg.mulgēsmulgēbāsmulgēbismulsistīmulserāsmulseris
3rd sg.mulgetmulgēbatmulgēbitmulsitmulseratmulserit
1st pl.mulgēmusmulgēbāmusmulgēbimusmulsimusmulserāmusmulserimus
2nd pl.mulgētismulgēbātismulgēbitismulsistismulserātismulseritis
3rd pl.mulgentmulgēbantmulgēbuntmulsērunt
mulsēre
mulserantmulserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.mulgeammulgēremmulserimmulsissem
2nd sg.mulgeāsmulgērēsmulserīsmulsissēs
3rd sg.mulgeatmulgēretmulseritmulsisset
1st pl.mulgeāmusmulgērēmusmulserīmusmulsissēmus
2nd pl.mulgeātismulgērētismulserītismulsissētis
3rd pl.mulgeantmulgērentmulserintmulsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.mulgeormulgēbarmulgēbor
2nd sg.mulgēris
mulgēre
mulgēbāris
mulgēbāre
mulgēberis
mulgēbere
3rd sg.mulgēturmulgēbāturmulgēbitur
1st pl.mulgēmurmulgēbāmurmulgēbimur
2nd pl.mulgēminīmulgēbāminīmulgēbiminī
3rd pl.mulgenturmulgēbanturmulgēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.mulgearmulgērer
2nd sg.mulgeāris
mulgeāre
mulgērēris
mulgērēre
3rd sg.mulgeāturmulgērētur
1st pl.mulgeāmurmulgērēmur
2nd pl.mulgeāminīmulgērēminī
3rd pl.mulgeanturmulgērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.mulgēmulgēre
pres. 2nd pl.mulgētemulgēminī
fut. 2nd sg.mulgētōmulgētor
fut. 3rd sg.mulgētōmulgētor
fut. 2nd pl.mulgētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.mulgentōmulgentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivemulgēremulgērī
perfect infinitivemulsissemulsum esse
future infinitivemulsūrum essemulsum īrī
present participlemulgēns—
perfect participle—mulsus
mulsa, mulsā, mulsae, mulsam, mulsārum, mulsās, mulse, mulsīs, mulsō, mulsōrum, mulsōs
future participlemulsūrusmulgendus
mulgenda, mulgendā, mulgendae, mulgendam, mulgendārum, mulgendās, mulgende, mulgendīs, mulgendōrum, mulgendōs
gerundmulgendī, mulgendō, mulgendumsupinemulsum, mulsū

mulgĕo, si, sum or ctum, 2, v. a. Sanscr marǵ, wipe or rub away; Gr. ἀ-μέλγω; Germ. melken; Engl. milk,
I. to milk: oves, Verg. E. 3, 5: capras, Plin. 10, 39, 56, § 115.—Absol.: mulgent ad caseum faciendum, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 4.—Prov.: mulgere hircos, of something impossible, Verg. E. 3, 91.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *molgeō, from earlier *molgejō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂molǵéyeti, an iterative verb from *h₂melǵ- (with mulsum after mulsī). Cognate with English milk, Ancient Greek ἀμέλγω (amélgō).

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesemungirfrom Old Galician-Portuguese mõgir
  • Portuguesemungerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese mõgir
  • Portuguesemongerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese mõgir
  • Portuguesemoigerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese mõgir
  • Portuguesemogerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese mõgir
  • Portuguesemuguirfrom Old Galician-Portuguese mõgir
  • Portuguesemegirfrom Old Galician-Portuguese mõgir
  • Portuguesemugirfrom Old Galician-Portuguese mõgir
  • Asturianmucir
  • Asturianmocer
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianmúgghere
  • Sardinianmulghere
  • Sardinianmugi
  • Sardinianmúrgere
  • Sardinianmulli
  • Sardinianmúlliri
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanmunyir
  • Catalanmúnyer
  • Catalanmolsir
  • Aragonesemuir
  • Aragonesemuyir
  • Aragonesemullir
  • Aragonesemoir
  • Aragonesemuyer
  • Auvergnatmòuserfrom Old Occitan molser
  • Gasconmólherfrom Old Occitan molser
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianmulge
  • Romanianmulgere
  • Aromanianmulgu
  • Aromanianmuldziri
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchmeudrefrom Franco-Provençal moildre
  • Frenchmoguerfrom Old French moldre
  • Walloonmodefrom Old French moldre
Italo-Romance
  • Italianmungere
  • Sicilianmùnciri
Padanian
  • Friulianmolzi
  • Friulianmolgi
  • Ladinmëujer
  • Lombardmols
  • Lombardmolcc
  • Lombardmólzer
  • Piedmontesemóse
  • Romanshmulscher
  • Venetanmolder
  • Venetanmólzer

In English words that came into English from mulgeō

  • promulgateprōmulgātus
  • emulsionēmulsiō
  • promulgationprōmulgātiō
  • emulgentemulgens

Quick answers

What does mulgeō mean in Latin?
mulgeō, a verb, means “to milk, extract”.
What are the principal parts of mulgeō?
mulgeō, mulgēre, mulsī, mulsum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce mulgeō?
In classical Latin, [ˈmʊɫ.ɡe.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmul̠ʲ.d͡ʒe.o].
Which English words come from mulgeō?
English words that go back to Latin mulgeō include promulgate, emulgent, emulsion and promulgation.