implico

Etymology

From in- (“in”) +‎ plicō (“fold, bend, roll up”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪm.plɪ.koː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈim.pli.ko]

Verb

implicō (present infinitive implicāre, perfect active implicāvī, supine implicātum); first conjugation

to entangle, entwine
to infold, envelop, encircle
Synonym: saepiō
to embrace
Synonyms: complector, amplector, teneō
to clasp, grasp
(figuratively) to unite, associate, join
Synonyms: colligō, applicō, contribuō
to implicate, involve, include, engage, instill
Synonyms: īnserō, īnsertō, intrōferō, īnferō, immittō, intrōdūcō

Antonyms: excipiō, ēiciō, extrahō

Exsecūtiō officiī plērumque certum suae ūtilitātis proximae sacrificium implicat.
The performance of a duty usually involves a certain sacrifice of one's own immediate benefit.

Usage notes

The perfect form is sometimes implicui instead of implicāvi, and the supine sometimes implicitum instead of implicātum.

Conjugation

Conjugation of implicō (first conjugation)

More information indicative, singular ...

indicative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	implicō	implicās	implicat	implicāmus	implicātis	implicant
imperfect	implicābam	implicābās	implicābat	implicābāmus	implicābātis	implicābant
future	implicābō	implicābis	implicābit	implicābimus	implicābitis	implicābunt
perfect	implicāvī	implicāvistī	implicāvit	implicāvimus	implicāvistis	implicāvērunt, implicāvēre
pluperfect	implicāveram	implicāverās	implicāverat	implicāverāmus	implicāverātis	implicāverant
future perfect	implicāverō	implicāveris	implicāverit	implicāverimus	implicāveritis	implicāverint
passive	present	implicor	implicāris, implicāre	implicātur	implicāmur	implicāminī	implicantur
imperfect	implicābar	implicābāris, implicābāre	implicābātur	implicābāmur	implicābāminī	implicābantur
future	implicābor	implicāberis, implicābere	implicābitur	implicābimur	implicābiminī	implicābuntur
perfect	implicātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect	implicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect	implicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	implicem	implicēs	implicet	implicēmus	implicētis	implicent
imperfect	implicārem	implicārēs	implicāret	implicārēmus	implicārētis	implicārent
perfect	implicāverim	implicāverīs	implicāverit	implicāverīmus	implicāverītis	implicāverint
pluperfect	implicāvissem	implicāvissēs	implicāvisset	implicāvissēmus	implicāvissētis	implicāvissent
passive	present	implicer	implicēris, implicēre	implicētur	implicēmur	implicēminī	implicentur
imperfect	implicārer	implicārēris, implicārēre	implicārētur	implicārēmur	implicārēminī	implicārentur
perfect	implicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	implicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	implicā	—	—	implicāte	—
future	—	implicātō	implicātō	—	implicātōte	implicantō
passive	present	—	implicāre	—	—	implicāminī	—
future	—	implicātor	implicātor	—	—	implicantor
non-finite forms	infinitive	participle
active	passive	active	passive
present	implicāre	implicārī	implicāns	—
future	implicātūrum esse	implicātum īrī	implicātūrus	implicandus
perfect	implicāvisse	implicātum esse	—	implicātus
future perfect	—	implicātum fore	—	—
perfect potential	implicātūrum fuisse	—	—	—
verbal nouns	gerund	supine
genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
implicandī	implicandō	implicandum	implicandō	implicātum	implicātū

Derived terms

Descendants

Friulian: impleâ
Galician: empregar
Italian: impiegare
Occitan: emplegar
Old Catalan: emplegar
- Catalan: emplegar
- → Asturian: emplegar
- → Old Spanish: emplegar
  - Spanish: emplear
    - → Sardinian: impreare
- → Portuguese: empregar
Old French: empleier, emploiier, emplier
- French: employer
- Norman: emplier
- → English: employ, imply
- →? Sicilian: mpijari
Sardinian: umprigare
→ Asturian: implicar
→ Catalan: implicar
→ Czech: implikovat
→ Dutch: impliceren
→ English: implicate
→ French: impliquer
→ Friulian: implicâ
→ Galician: implicar
→ German: implizieren
→ Italian: implicare
→ Occitan: implicar
→ Polish: implikować
→ Portuguese: implicar
→ Romanian: implica
→ Sardinian: impricare
→ Spanish: implicar
→ Swedish: implicera

References

“implico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“implico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“implico”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
implico in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fall into error: erroribus implicari (Tusc. 4. 27. 58)
- to be involved in a war: bello implicari
- (ambiguous) to be involved in many undertakings; to be much occupied, embarrassed, overwhelmed by business-claims: multis negotiis implicatum, districtum, distentum, obrutum esse
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ĭmplĭcāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 594
Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), “aizzare”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

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