LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

spissō

spissō (present infinitive spissāre, perfect active spissāvī, supine spissātum)
Classical[ˈspɪs.soː]Ecclesiastical[ˈspis.so]

Meaning

  1. to thicken, condense
  2. figurativelyto urge on, hasten (an action)

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.spissōspissābamspissābōspissāvīspissāveramspissāverō
2nd sg.spissāsspissābāsspissābisspissāvistīspissāverāsspissāveris
3rd sg.spissatspissābatspissābitspissāvitspissāveratspissāverit
1st pl.spissāmusspissābāmusspissābimusspissāvimusspissāverāmusspissāverimus
2nd pl.spissātisspissābātisspissābitisspissāvistisspissāverātisspissāveritis
3rd pl.spissantspissābantspissābuntspissāvērunt
spissāvēre
spissāverantspissāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.spissemspissāremspissāverimspissāvissem
2nd sg.spissēsspissārēsspissāverīsspissāvissēs
3rd sg.spissetspissāretspissāveritspissāvisset
1st pl.spissēmusspissārēmusspissāverīmusspissāvissēmus
2nd pl.spissētisspissārētisspissāverītisspissāvissētis
3rd pl.spissentspissārentspissāverintspissāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.spissorspissābarspissābor
2nd sg.spissāris
spissāre
spissābāris
spissābāre
spissāberis
spissābere
3rd sg.spissāturspissābāturspissābitur
1st pl.spissāmurspissābāmurspissābimur
2nd pl.spissāminīspissābāminīspissābiminī
3rd pl.spissanturspissābanturspissābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.spisserspissārer
2nd sg.spissēris
spissēre
spissārēris
spissārēre
3rd sg.spissēturspissārētur
1st pl.spissēmurspissārēmur
2nd pl.spissēminīspissārēminī
3rd pl.spissenturspissārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.spissāspissāre
pres. 2nd pl.spissātespissāminī
fut. 2nd sg.spissātōspissātor
fut. 3rd sg.spissātōspissātor
fut. 2nd pl.spissātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.spissantōspissantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivespissārespissārī
perfect infinitivespissāvissespissātum esse
future infinitivespissātūrum essespissātum īrī
present participlespissāns—
perfect participle—spissātus
future participlespissātūrusspissandus
gerundspissandī, spissandō, spissandumsupinespissātum, spissātū

spisso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id..
I. Lit., to thicken, make thick, condense (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Pliny the elder; cf. denso): omne lac igne spissatur, Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 238; so, spissatum lac, id. 20, 7, 24, § 58: farinae modo spissatur in panem, id. 13, 4, 9, § 47: ignis densum spissatus in aëra transit, Ov. M. 15, 250; cf. Luc. 4, 77: (aquilo) sanum corpus spissat, Cels. 2, 1 med.; cf. Plin. 26, 13, 83, § 134; Sen. Ep. 90, 10.—*
II. Trop., to urge on, hasten an action, i. e. to perform it more rapidly: spissare officium, Petr. 140.

Origins

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 spissō From spissus + -ō.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseespessar
  • Spanishespesar
Italo-Romance
  • Italianspessare

Quick answers

What does spissō mean in Latin?
spissō, a verb, means “to thicken, condense; to urge on, hasten (an action)”.
What are the principal parts of spissō?
spissō, spissāre, spissāvī, spissātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce spissō?
In classical Latin, [ˈspɪs.soː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈspis.so].