coeo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ eō (“go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈko.e.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.e.o]

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 nolam ― I 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.

   Conjugation of coeō (irregular conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	coeō		coīs		coit		coīmus		coītis		coeunt
	imperfect	coībam		coībās		coībat		coībāmus		coībātis		coībant
	future	coībō		coībis		coībit		coībimus		coībitis		coībunt
	perfect	coiī, coīvī		coīstī, coiistī, coīvistī		coiit, coīvit		coiimus, coīvimus		coīstis, coiistis, coīvistis		coiērunt, coiēre, coīvērunt, coīvēre
	pluperfect	coieram, coīveram		coierās, coīverās		coierat, coīverat		coierāmus, coīverāmus		coierātis, coīverātis		coierant, coīverant
	future perfect	coierō, coīverō		coieris, coīveris		coierit, coīverit		coierimus, coīverimus		coieritis, coīveritis		coierint, coīverint
passive	present	coeor		coīris, coīre		coītur		coīmur		coīminī		coeuntur
	imperfect	coībar		coībāris, coībāre		coībātur		coībāmur		coībāminī		coībantur
	future	coībor		coīberis, coībere		coībitur		coībimur		coībiminī		coībuntur
	perfect	coitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	coitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	coitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	coeam		coeās		coeat		coeāmus		coeātis		coeant
	imperfect	coīrem		coīrēs		coīret		coīrēmus		coīrētis		coīrent
	perfect	coierim, coīverim		coierīs, coīverīs		coierit, coīverit		coierīmus, coīverīmus		coierītis, coīverītis		coierint, coīverint
	pluperfect	coīssem, coiissem, coīvissem		coīssēs, coiissēs, coīvissēs		coīsset, coiisset, coīvisset		coīssēmus, coiissēmus, coīvissēmus		coīssētis, coiissētis, coīvissētis		coīssent, coiissent, coīvissent
passive	present	coear		coeāris, coeāre		coeātur		coeāmur		coeāminī		coeantur
	imperfect	coīrer		coīrēris, coīrēre		coīrētur		coīrēmur		coīrēminī		coīrentur
	perfect	coitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	coitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		coī		—		—		coīte		—
	future	—		coītō		coītō		—		coītōte		coeuntō
passive	present	—		coīre		—		—		coīminī		—
	future	—		coītor		coītor		—		—		coeuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		coīre			coīrī			coiēns			—
future		coitūrum esse			coitum īrī			coitūrus			coeundus
perfect		coīsse, coiisse, coīvisse			coitum esse			—			coitus
future perfect		—			coitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		coitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		coeundī		coeundō		coeundum		coeundō		coitum		coitū

Derived terms

• coitiō
• coitus

Related terms

• comes

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