LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

summergō

summergō (present infinitive summergere, perfect active summersī, supine summersum)
Classical[sʊmˈmɛr.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[sumˈmɛr.ɡo]
summergēns pres. act. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to sink, submerge, submerse
  2. to overwhelm

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.summergōsummergēbamsummergamsummersīsummerseramsummerserō
2nd sg.summergissummergēbāssummergēssummersistīsummerserāssummerseris
3rd sg.summergitsummergēbatsummergetsummersitsummerseratsummerserit
1st pl.summergimussummergēbāmussummergēmussummersimussummerserāmussummerserimus
2nd pl.summergitissummergēbātissummergētissummersistissummerserātissummerseritis
3rd pl.summerguntsummergēbantsummergentsummersērunt
summersēre
summerserantsummerserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.summergamsummergeremsummerserimsummersissem
2nd sg.summergāssummergerēssummerserīssummersissēs
3rd sg.summergatsummergeretsummerseritsummersisset
1st pl.summergāmussummergerēmussummerserīmussummersissēmus
2nd pl.summergātissummergerētissummerserītissummersissētis
3rd pl.summergantsummergerentsummerserintsummersissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.summergorsummergēbarsummergar
2nd sg.summergeris
summergere
summergēbāris
summergēbāre
summergēris
summergēre
3rd sg.summergitursummergēbātursummergētur
1st pl.summergimursummergēbāmursummergēmur
2nd pl.summergiminīsummergēbāminīsummergēminī
3rd pl.summerguntursummergēbantursummergentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.summergarsummergerer
2nd sg.summergāris
summergāre
summergerēris
summergerēre
3rd sg.summergātursummergerētur
1st pl.summergāmursummergerēmur
2nd pl.summergāminīsummergerēminī
3rd pl.summergantursummergerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.summergesummergere
pres. 2nd pl.summergitesummergiminī
fut. 2nd sg.summergitōsummergitor
fut. 3rd sg.summergitōsummergitor
fut. 2nd pl.summergitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.summerguntōsummerguntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesummergeresummergī
perfect infinitivesummersissesummersum esse
future infinitivesummersūrum essesummersum īrī
present participlesummergēns—
perfect participle—summersus
summersa, summersā, summersae, summersam, summersārum, summersās, summerse, summersīs, summersō, summersōrum, summersōs
future participlesummersūrus
summersūra, summersūrā, summersūrae, summersūram, summersūrārum, summersūrās, summersūre, summersūrī, summersūrīs, summersūrō, summersūrōrum, summersūrōs, summersūrum
summergendus
summergundus, summergenda, summergendā, summergendae, summergendam, summergendārum, summergendās, summergende, summergendīs, summergendōrum, summergendōs
gerundsummergendī, summergendō, summergendumsupinesummersum, summersū

sum-mergo (subm-), si, sum, 3, v. a.,
I. to dip or plunge under, to sink, overwhelm, submerge, submerse.
I. Lit. (class.; most freq. pass.): summersus equus voraginibus, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73: genera summersarum beluarum, id. N. D. 2, 39, 100: salgama semper jure summersa, Col. 12, 4, 5: navis summersa, * Caes. B. C. 3, 39: ferrum summersum in undā, Ov M. 12, 279: ipsos potuit summergere ponto, Verg. A. 1, 40: quod (saxum) tumidis submersum tunditur olim Fluctibus, id. ib. 5, 125: aliquot procellis summersi paene sumus, Liv. 24, 8, 13: summersas obrue puppes, Verg. A. 1, 69: navem, Tac. A. 14, 5: omnes quondam terrae submersae profundo fuerunt, Just. 2, 1, 17. —
II. Trop. (post-class. and very rare): virtus summersa tenebris, Claud. lV. Cons. Hon. 221: publicatam summergere lectionem, to suppress, Arn. 3, 104.

Origins

From sub- + mergō.

Borrowings
  • Catalansubmergir
  • Englishsubmerge
  • Englishsubmerse
  • Frenchsubmerger
  • Romaniansubmergefrom French submerger
  • Portuguesesubmergir
  • Spanishsumergir
Elsewhere
  • Catalansomorgollarfrom Vulgar Latin *submerguliāre
  • Spanishsomorgujarfrom Vulgar Latin *submerguliāre
Italo-Romance
  • Italiansommergere

In English words that came into English from summergō

  • submersionsummersio
  • submersesubmersus

Quick answers

What does summergō mean in Latin?
summergō, a verb, means “to sink, submerge, submerse; to overwhelm”.
What are the principal parts of summergō?
summergō, summergere, summersī, summersum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce summergō?
In classical Latin, [sʊmˈmɛr.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sumˈmɛr.ɡo].