verbsecond conjugation
neō
neō (present infinitive nēre, perfect active nēvī, supine nētum)
Classical[ˈne.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈnɛː.o]
Meaning
- transitiveto spin; weave, interlace, entwine
Nē, māter; suam.
Weave, mother; [so that] I [can] sew.1923, Guillaume Apollinaire, Matthew Josephson, “The poet assassinated”, in Project Gutenberg:
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
fīla in vestem torqueōneō -ēre — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 4
Conjugation conjugation 2
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | neō | nēbam | nēbō | nēvī | nēveram | nēverō |
| 2nd sg. | nēs | nēbās | nēbis | nēvistī | nēverās | nēveris |
| 3rd sg. | net | nēbat | nēbit | nēvit | nēverat | nēverit |
| 1st pl. | nēmus | nēbāmus | nēbimus | nēvimus | nēverāmus | nēverimus |
| 2nd pl. | nētis | nēbātis | nēbitis | nēvistis | nēverātis | nēveritis |
| 3rd pl. | nent | nēbant | nēbunt | nēvērunt nēvēre | nēverant | nēverint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | neam | nērem | nēverim | nēvissem |
| 2nd sg. | neās | nērēs | nēverīs | nēvissēs |
| 3rd sg. | neat | nēret | nēverit | nēvisset |
| 1st pl. | neāmus | nērēmus | nēverīmus | nēvissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | neātis | nērētis | nēverītis | nēvissētis |
| 3rd pl. | neant | nērent | nēverint | nēvissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | neor | nēbar | nēbor |
| 2nd sg. | nēris nēre | nēbāris nēbāre | nēberis nēbere |
| 3rd sg. | nētur | nēbātur | nēbitur |
| 1st pl. | nēmur | nēbāmur | nēbimur |
| 2nd pl. | nēminī | nēbāminī | nēbiminī |
| 3rd pl. | nentur | nēbantur | nēbuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | near | nērer |
| 2nd sg. | neāris neāre | nērēris nērēre |
| 3rd sg. | neātur | nērētur |
| 1st pl. | neāmur | nērēmur |
| 2nd pl. | neāminī | nērēminī |
| 3rd pl. | neantur | nērentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | nē | nēre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | nēte | nēminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | nētō | nētor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | nētō | nētor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | nētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | nentō | nentor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | nēre | nērī |
| perfect infinitive | nēvisse | nētum esse |
| future infinitive | nētūrum esse | nētum īrī |
| present participle | nēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | nētus nēta, nētā, nētae, nētam, nētārum, nētās, nētī, nētōrum, nētōs |
| future participle | nētūrus nētūra, nētūrā, nētūrae, nētūram, nētūrārum, nētūrās, nētūre, nētūrī, nētūrīs, nētūrō, nētūrōrum, nētūrōs, nētūrum | nendus nenda, nendā, nendae, nendam, nendārum, nendās, nende, nendīs, nendōrum, nendōs |
gerundnendī, nendō, nendumsupinenētum, nētū
nĕo, ēvi, ētum, 2, v. a. root ne-; Gr. νέω, νήθω; cf. Sanscr. nah = nectere,
I. to spin.
I. Lit.:
subtemen tenue nere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20; Ov. Med. Fac. 14: sic stamina nevit, id. F. 2, 771: nerunt fatales fortia fila deae, id. P. 1, 8, 64; cf.: Parcae fatalia nentes Stamina, Tib. 1, 7, 1.—II. Transf., to weave; to interlace, entwine:
tunicam mater quam neverat auro, Verg. A. 10, 818: hoc neverat unum mater opus, Stat. Th. 9, 691: inter se radices mutuo discursu nentur, Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144.Nĕo or Nĕon, ōnis, m., = Νέων,
I. a male proper name, Liv. 44, 43; 45, 31.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
neō (neunt, Tb.), ēvī (nērunt, O.), —, ēre
NE-, to spin : annus Subtemen nebat, T.: nerunt fila deae, O.— To interlace, entwine : tunicam auro, V.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *nēō, itself from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-. The term may derive from a root present or, alternatively, a ye-present *(s)néh₁yeti, which may also be attested in Proto-Celtic *sniyeti. It is impossible to determine which of these forms is reflected in the Latin term. If the Latin word derived from the ye-present, the Proto-Italic term would have passed through an intermediate phase in *nējō.