LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

nucleō

nucleō (present infinitive nucleāre, perfect active nucleāvī, supine nucleātum)
Classical[ˈnʊ.kɫe.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈnuː.kle.o]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto become kernelly, to become hard like a kernel

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.nucleōnucleābamnucleābōnucleāvīnucleāveramnucleāverō
2nd sg.nucleāsnucleābāsnucleābisnucleāvistīnucleāverāsnucleāveris
3rd sg.nucleatnucleābatnucleābitnucleāvitnucleāveratnucleāverit
1st pl.nucleāmusnucleābāmusnucleābimusnucleāvimusnucleāverāmusnucleāverimus
2nd pl.nucleātisnucleābātisnucleābitisnucleāvistisnucleāverātisnucleāveritis
3rd pl.nucleantnucleābantnucleābuntnucleāvērunt
nucleāvēre
nucleāverantnucleāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.nucleemnucleāremnucleāverimnucleāvissem
2nd sg.nucleēsnucleārēsnucleāverīsnucleāvissēs
3rd sg.nucleetnucleāretnucleāveritnucleāvisset
1st pl.nucleēmusnucleārēmusnucleāverīmusnucleāvissēmus
2nd pl.nucleētisnucleārētisnucleāverītisnucleāvissētis
3rd pl.nucleentnucleārentnucleāverintnucleāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.nucleornucleābarnucleābor
2nd sg.nucleāris
nucleāre
nucleābāris
nucleābāre
nucleāberis
nucleābere
3rd sg.nucleāturnucleābāturnucleābitur
1st pl.nucleāmurnucleābāmurnucleābimur
2nd pl.nucleāminīnucleābāminīnucleābiminī
3rd pl.nucleanturnucleābanturnucleābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.nucleernucleārer
2nd sg.nucleēris
nucleēre
nucleārēris
nucleārēre
3rd sg.nucleēturnucleārētur
1st pl.nucleēmurnucleārēmur
2nd pl.nucleēminīnucleārēminī
3rd pl.nucleenturnucleārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.nucleānucleāre
pres. 2nd pl.nucleātenucleāminī
fut. 2nd sg.nucleātōnucleātor
fut. 3rd sg.nucleātōnucleātor
fut. 2nd pl.nucleātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.nucleantōnucleantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivenucleārenucleārī
perfect infinitivenucleāvissenucleātum esse
future infinitivenucleātūrum essenucleātum īrī
present participlenucleāns—
perfect participle—nucleātus
future participlenucleātūrusnucleandus
gerundnucleandī, nucleandō, nucleandumsupinenucleātum, nucleātū

nū^clĕo, āre, v. n. id.,
I. to become kernelly, hard: nucleantibus mamillis, Theod. Prisc. 4, 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*knuks
  2. Latinnucleō

Latin nucleus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nucleō From nucleus + -ō.

Quick answers

What does nucleō mean in Latin?
nucleō, a verb, means “to become kernelly, to become hard like a kernel”.
What are the principal parts of nucleō?
nucleō, nucleāre, nucleāvī, nucleātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce nucleō?
In classical Latin, [ˈnʊ.kɫe.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnuː.kle.o].
Where does nucleō come from?
Proto-Italic *knuks → Latin nucleō.