LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

perpungō

perpungō (present infinitive perpungere, perfect active perpūnxī, supine perpūnctum)
Classical[pɛrˈpʊŋ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[perˈpuŋ.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to pierce through

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.perpungōperpungēbamperpungamperpūnxīperpūnxeramperpūnxerō
2nd sg.perpungisperpungēbāsperpungēsperpūnxistīperpūnxerāsperpūnxeris
3rd sg.perpungitperpungēbatperpungetperpūnxitperpūnxeratperpūnxerit
1st pl.perpungimusperpungēbāmusperpungēmusperpūnximusperpūnxerāmusperpūnxerimus
2nd pl.perpungitisperpungēbātisperpungētisperpūnxistisperpūnxerātisperpūnxeritis
3rd pl.perpunguntperpungēbantperpungentperpūnxērunt
perpūnxēre
perpūnxerantperpūnxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.perpungamperpungeremperpūnxerimperpūnxissem
2nd sg.perpungāsperpungerēsperpūnxerīsperpūnxissēs
3rd sg.perpungatperpungeretperpūnxeritperpūnxisset
1st pl.perpungāmusperpungerēmusperpūnxerīmusperpūnxissēmus
2nd pl.perpungātisperpungerētisperpūnxerītisperpūnxissētis
3rd pl.perpungantperpungerentperpūnxerintperpūnxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.perpungorperpungēbarperpungar
2nd sg.perpungeris
perpungere
perpungēbāris
perpungēbāre
perpungēris
perpungēre
3rd sg.perpungiturperpungēbāturperpungētur
1st pl.perpungimurperpungēbāmurperpungēmur
2nd pl.perpungiminīperpungēbāminīperpungēminī
3rd pl.perpungunturperpungēbanturperpungentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.perpungarperpungerer
2nd sg.perpungāris
perpungāre
perpungerēris
perpungerēre
3rd sg.perpungāturperpungerētur
1st pl.perpungāmurperpungerēmur
2nd pl.perpungāminīperpungerēminī
3rd pl.perpunganturperpungerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.perpungeperpungere
pres. 2nd pl.perpungiteperpungiminī
fut. 2nd sg.perpungitōperpungitor
fut. 3rd sg.perpungitōperpungitor
fut. 2nd pl.perpungitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.perpunguntōperpunguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveperpungereperpungī
perfect infinitiveperpūnxisseperpūnctum esse
future infinitiveperpūnctūrum esseperpūnctum īrī
present participleperpungēns—
perfect participle—perpūnctus
future participleperpūnctūrusperpungendus
perpungundus
gerundperpungendī, perpungendō, perpungendumsupineperpūnctum, perpūnctū

per-pungo, punxi, punctum, 3, v. a.,
I. to pierce through and through (post-class. and only in part. perf.), Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 10, 71; id. Tard. 3, 8, 128.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin perpungō From per- + pungō.

Descendants
  • Catalanperpunt
  • Spanishperpuntefrom Catalan perpunt
  • Frenchpourpoint
  • Englishpourpointfrom French pourpoint
  • Portugueseperpontofrom Old Galician-Portuguese perponto
  • Galicianperpontofrom Old Galician-Portuguese perponto

In English words that came into English from perpungō

  • pourpointperpunctum

Quick answers

What does perpungō mean in Latin?
perpungō, a verb, means “to pierce through”.
What are the principal parts of perpungō?
perpungō, perpungere, perpūnxī, perpūnctum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce perpungō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈpʊŋ.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈpuŋ.ɡo].