inseco

Latin

Etymology

From īn- +‎ secō.

Pronunciation

Verb

īnsecō (present infinitive īnsecāre, perfect active īnsecuī, supine īnsectum); first conjugation

  1. to cut up or into
  2. to incise
  3. to dissect

Conjugation

Derived terms

Verb

īnsecō (present infinitive īnsecere, perfect active īnsexī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. to tell
    • 239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, Annales 322:
      Īnsece, Mūsa, manū Rōmānōrum induperātor quod quisque in bellō gessit …
      Tell thou, oh Muse, what each Commander accomplished—by way of Roman forces—in the war with King Phillip …

Conjugation

References

  • inseco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inseco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inseco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Patrick G. Walsh, editor (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 2013