commitigo

commitigo

Latin

Alternative forms

conmītigō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin mītis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *-agāōder.

Latin -igō

Latin mītigō

Latin commītigō

From con- + mītigō (“to soften”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈmiː.tɪ.ɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈmiː.ti.ɡo]

Verb

commītigō (present infinitive commītigāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

(transitive) to soften, make mellow
Synonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, coërceō, mītigō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, mānsuēfaciō, permulceō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō, molliō

Antonyms: dūrō, obdūrō

Conjugation

Conjugation of commītigō (first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	commītigō		commītigās		commītigat		commītigāmus		commītigātis		commītigant
	imperfect	commītigābam		commītigābās		commītigābat		commītigābāmus		commītigābātis		commītigābant
	future	commītigābō		commītigābis		commītigābit		commītigābimus		commītigābitis		commītigābunt
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	commītigem		commītigēs		commītiget		commītigēmus		commītigētis		commītigent
active	imperfect	commītigārem		commītigārēs		commītigāret		commītigārēmus		commītigārētis		commītigārent
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		commītigā		—		—		commītigāte		—
active	future	—		commītigātō		commītigātō		—		commītigātōte		commītigantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		commītigāre			—			commītigāns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		commītigandī		commītigandō		commītigandum		commītigandō		—		—

References

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