LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

reneō

reneō (present infinitive renēre)
Classical[ˈrɛ.ne.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.ne.o]

Meaning

  1. poeticraretransitiveto unspin, to undo, to unravel
    8 CE, Ovid, Fasti, Book 6, Lines 757-758. At Clymenus Clothoque dolent, haec fila reneri, hic fieri regni iura minora sui.

Conjugation conjugation 2 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.reneōrenēbamrenēbō———
2nd sg.renēsrenēbāsrenēbis———
3rd sg.renetrenēbatrenēbit———
1st pl.renēmusrenēbāmusrenēbimus———
2nd pl.renētisrenēbātisrenēbitis———
3rd pl.renentrenēbantrenēbunt———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.reneamrenērem——
2nd sg.reneāsrenērēs——
3rd sg.reneatrenēret——
1st pl.reneāmusrenērēmus——
2nd pl.reneātisrenērētis——
3rd pl.reneantrenērent——
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.reneorrenēbarrenēbor
2nd sg.renēris
renēre
renēbāris
renēbāre
renēberis
renēbere
3rd sg.renēturrenēbāturrenēbitur
1st pl.renēmurrenēbāmurrenēbimur
2nd pl.renēminīrenēbāminīrenēbiminī
3rd pl.renenturrenēbanturrenēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.renearrenērer
2nd sg.reneāris
reneāre
renērēris
renērēre
3rd sg.reneāturrenērētur
1st pl.reneāmurrenērēmur
2nd pl.reneāminīrenērēminī
3rd pl.reneanturrenērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.renērenēre
pres. 2nd pl.renēterenēminī
fut. 2nd sg.renētōrenētor
fut. 3rd sg.renētōrenētor
fut. 2nd pl.renētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.renentōrenentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverenērerenērī
present participlerenēns—
future participle—renendus
gerundrenendī, renendō, renendum

rĕ-nĕo, ēre, v. a.,
I. to unspin, i. e. to undo, unravel what had been spun (poet.): at Clymenus Clothoque dolent, haec fila reneri, i. e. that the destiny is reversed, Ov. F. 6, 757: Parcarum fila, Stat. S. 3, 1, 171 (dub.); cf.: fila manu, Albin. 1, 444.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinreneō

Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-der. Proto-Italic *nēō Latin neō Latin reneō From re- (“back”) + neō (“spin; weave”).

Quick answers

What does reneō mean in Latin?
reneō, a verb, means “to unspin, to undo, to unravel”.
What are the principal parts of reneō?
reneō, renēre (second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce reneō?
In classical Latin, [ˈrɛ.ne.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɛː.ne.o].
Where does reneō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin reneō.