coeo

coeo

Latin

Etymology

    From con- + (go).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    coeō (present infinitive coīre, perfect active coiī or coīvī, supine coitum); irregular conjugation

    1. to assemble, meet, come together
      in triclinio coeam, in cubiculo nolamI meet (you) at the table but I won’t at the dormitory
    2. to encounter, come up against
    3. to copulate, have sex
    4. to join, ally with
    5. to unite, come together as a whole
    6. to mass together, ball up, curdle

    Usage notes

    • The only noun that is ever attested as an object of coeō is societatem (as societatem coire, "to [come together to] form an alliance") in Gaius's Institutes. The use of the accusative is classified as a cognate accusative.

    Conjugation

    Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The second principal part is most often contracted to coïī, but occasionally appears as coīvī.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Middle French: cohir

    References

    • coeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • coeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers