LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

plēctō1

plēctō (present infinitive plēctere)
Classical[ˈpɫeːk.toː]Ecclesiastical[ˈplɛk.to]

Meaning

  1. to punish; to beat
  2. to blame

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.plēctōplēctēbamplēctamplexīplexeramplexerō
2nd sg.plēctisplēctēbāsplēctēsplexistīplexerāsplexeris
3rd sg.plēctitplēctēbatplēctetplexitplexeratplexerit
1st pl.plēctimusplēctēbāmusplēctēmuspleximusplexerāmusplexerimus
2nd pl.plēctitisplēctēbātisplēctētisplexistisplexerātisplexeritis
3rd pl.plēctuntplēctēbantplēctentplexēre
plexērunt		plexerantplexerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.plēctamplēcteremplexerimplexissem
2nd sg.plēctāsplēcterēsplexerīsplexissēs
3rd sg.plēctatplēcteretplexeritplexisset
1st pl.plēctāmusplēcterēmusplexerīmusplexissēmus
2nd pl.plēctātisplēcterētisplexerītisplexissētis
3rd pl.plēctantplēcterentplexerintplexissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.plēctorplēctēbarplēctar
2nd sg.plēcteris
plēctere		plēctēbāris
plēctēbāre		plēctēris
plēctēre
3rd sg.plēctiturplēctēbāturplēctētur
1st pl.plēctimurplēctēbāmurplēctēmur
2nd pl.plēctiminīplēctēbāminīplēctēminī
3rd pl.plēctunturplēctēbanturplēctentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.plēctarplēcterer
2nd sg.plēctāris
plēctāre		plēcterēris
plēcterēre
3rd sg.plēctāturplēcterētur
1st pl.plēctāmurplēcterēmur
2nd pl.plēctāminīplēcterēminī
3rd pl.plēctanturplēcterentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.plēcteplēctere
pres. 2nd pl.plēctiteplēctiminī
fut. 2nd sg.plēctitōplēctitor
fut. 3rd sg.plēctitōplēctitor
fut. 2nd pl.plēctitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.plēctuntōplēctuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveplēctereplēctī
perfect infinitiveplēctisse
plexisse		—
present participleplēctēns
plectente, plectentem, plectentēs, plectentī, plectentia, plectentibus, plectentis, plectentīs, plectentium		—
perfect participle—plexus
future participleplexūra
plexūrā, plexūrae, plexūram, plexūrārum, plexūrās, plexūre, plexūrī, plexūrīs, plexūrō, plexūrōrum, plexūrōs, plexūrum, plexūrus		plēctendus
plēctundus
gerundplēctendī, plēctendō, plēctendumsupineplexum, plexū

plēcto, ĕre, v. a. πλήττω,
I. to beat, punish; in class. lang. usually in pass., to be punished, suffer punishment, be beaten.
I. Act. (post-class; syn. punio): capite aliquem plectere, Cod. Just. 9, 20, 7: quae sibi ignoscunt et plectunt deum, Aus. Idyll. 6 praef.—
II. Pass.
A. Lit.: Venusinae Plectantur silvae, Hor. C. 1, 28, 26: ego plectar pendens, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 43: tergo plecti, Hor. S. 2, 7, 105; id. Ep. 1, 2, 14. ut in suo vitio quisque plectatur, Cic. Leg. 3, 20, 46: ut in judiciis culpa plectatur, id. Clu. 2, 5: jure igitur plectimur, id. Off. 2, 8, 28: multis in rebus neglegentiā plectimur, because of negligence, id. Lael. 26, 85: inscia quod crimen viderunt lumina, plector, Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 49.—With gen.: insimulationis falsae plecti, App. Mag. p. 274, 14. —With abl.: morte plectendum est (sc. peccatum), Vulg. Deut. 21, 22.—
B. Transf., in gen., to blame: cavit, ne quā in re jure plecteretur, Nep. Att. 116.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁k- (“to beat, strike”). Cognate with plangō, plāga, and Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō).

verbthird conjugation
plectō2
plectō (present infinitive plectere, perfect active plexī or plexuī, supine plexum)
Classical[ˈpɫɛk.toː]Ecclesiastical[ˈplɛk.to]

Meaning

  1. to plait, weave, braid
  2. to twist, bend, turn

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.plectōplectēbamplectamplexī
plexuī		plexeram
plexueram		plexerō
plexuerō
2nd sg.plectisplectēbāsplectēsplexistī
plexuistī		plexerās
plexuerās		plexeris
plexueris
3rd sg.plectitplectēbatplectetplexit
plexuit		plexerat
plexuerat		plexerit
plexuerit
1st pl.plectimusplectēbāmusplectēmuspleximus
plexuimus		plexerāmus
plexuerāmus		plexerimus
plexuerimus
2nd pl.plectitisplectēbātisplectētisplexistis
plexuistis		plexerātis
plexuerātis		plexeritis
plexueritis
3rd pl.plectuntplectēbantplectentplexērunt
plexēre, plexuērunt, plexuēre		plexerant
plexuerant		plexerint
plexuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.plectamplecteremplexerim
plexuerim		plexissem
plexuissem
2nd sg.plectāsplecterēsplexerīs
plexuerīs		plexissēs
plexuissēs
3rd sg.plectatplecteretplexerit
plexuerit		plexisset
plexuisset
1st pl.plectāmusplecterēmusplexerīmus
plexuerīmus		plexissēmus
plexuissēmus
2nd pl.plectātisplecterētisplexerītis
plexuerītis		plexissētis
plexuissētis
3rd pl.plectantplecterentplexerint
plexuerint		plexissent
plexuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.plectorplectēbarplectar
2nd sg.plecteris
plectere		plectēbāris
plectēbāre		plectēris
plectēre
3rd sg.plectiturplectēbāturplectētur
1st pl.plectimurplectēbāmurplectēmur
2nd pl.plectiminīplectēbāminīplectēminī
3rd pl.plectunturplectēbanturplectentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.plectarplecterer
2nd sg.plectāris
plectāre		plecterēris
plecterēre
3rd sg.plectāturplecterētur
1st pl.plectāmurplecterēmur
2nd pl.plectāminīplecterēminī
3rd pl.plectanturplecterentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.plecteplectere
pres. 2nd pl.plectiteplectiminī
fut. 2nd sg.plectitōplectitor
fut. 3rd sg.plectitōplectitor
fut. 2nd pl.plectitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.plectuntōplectuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveplectereplectī
perfect infinitiveplexisse
plexuisse, plēctisse		plexum esse
future infinitiveplexūrum esseplexum īrī
present participleplectēns
plectente, plectentem, plectentēs, plectentī, plectentia, plectentibus, plectentis, plectentīs, plectentium		—
perfect participle—plexus
future participleplexūrus
plexūra, plexūrā, plexūrae, plexūram, plexūrārum, plexūrās, plexūre, plexūrī, plexūrīs, plexūrō, plexūrōrum, plexūrōs, plexūrum		plectendus
plectundus
gerundplectendī, plectendō, plectendumsupineplexum, plexū

plĕcto, xi and xŭi, xum, 3, v. a. root plek-; Gr. πλέκω, πλοκή; Lat. plicin sim-plic-is, im-plic-o, etc.; cf. 3. plaga.
I. To plait, braid, interweave (rare; mostly in the part. perf. and poet.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: plico, flecto, necto].
A. Lit.: crines plexueris, Vulg. Judic. 16, 13: coronam de spinis, id. Matt. 27, 29: plexa colligata significat ex Graeco, cui nos etiam praepositionem adicimus, cum dicimus perplexa, Fest. p. 230 Müll.: plexae coronae, Lucr. 5, 1399: flores plexi, Cat. 64, 284: colligationes, Vitr. 10, 1.—
B. Trop.: ple-xus, a, um, P. a., involved, intricate, entangled, ambiguous (ante-class.): plexa, non falsa autumare dictio Delphis solet, Pac. ap. Non. 237, 4.—
M. To twist, bend, turn: monstrabat vitulus quo se pacto plecteret, Phaedr. 5, 9, 3 dub. (al. flecteret).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  2. Latinplectō

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der. Proto-Italic *plektōder. Latin plecto From Proto-Italic *plektō, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, weave”), extended from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to wrap”). Cognate with plicō, Ancient Greek πλέκω (plékō).

Quick answers

What does plēctō mean in Latin?
plēctō, a verb, means “to punish; to beat; to blame”.
What are the principal parts of plēctō?
plēctō, plēctere (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce plēctō?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɫeːk.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈplɛk.to].