interpungo

Italian

Verb

interpungo

1. first-person singular present indicative of interpungere

Latin

Etymology

inter (“between”) +‎ pungō (“I prick, puncture, or sting”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈpʊŋ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in̪.t̪erˈpuŋ.ɡo]

Verb

interpungō (present infinitive interpungere, perfect active interpūnxī, supine interpūnctum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to place points between words, to point or punctuate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of interpungō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	interpungō		interpungis		interpungit		interpungimus		interpungitis		interpungunt
	imperfect	interpungēbam		interpungēbās		interpungēbat		interpungēbāmus		interpungēbātis		interpungēbant
	future	interpungam		interpungēs		interpunget		interpungēmus		interpungētis		interpungent
	perfect	interpūnxī		interpūnxistī		interpūnxit		interpūnximus		interpūnxistis		interpūnxērunt, interpūnxēre
	pluperfect	interpūnxeram		interpūnxerās		interpūnxerat		interpūnxerāmus		interpūnxerātis		interpūnxerant
	future perfect	interpūnxerō		interpūnxeris		interpūnxerit		interpūnxerimus		interpūnxeritis		interpūnxerint
passive	present	interpungor		interpungeris, interpungere		interpungitur		interpungimur		interpungiminī		interpunguntur
	imperfect	interpungēbar		interpungēbāris, interpungēbāre		interpungēbātur		interpungēbāmur		interpungēbāminī		interpungēbantur
	future	interpungar		interpungēris, interpungēre		interpungētur		interpungēmur		interpungēminī		interpungentur
	perfect	interpūnctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interpūnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interpūnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	interpungam		interpungās		interpungat		interpungāmus		interpungātis		interpungant
	imperfect	interpungerem		interpungerēs		interpungeret		interpungerēmus		interpungerētis		interpungerent
	perfect	interpūnxerim		interpūnxerīs		interpūnxerit		interpūnxerīmus		interpūnxerītis		interpūnxerint
	pluperfect	interpūnxissem		interpūnxissēs		interpūnxisset		interpūnxissēmus		interpūnxissētis		interpūnxissent
passive	present	interpungar		interpungāris, interpungāre		interpungātur		interpungāmur		interpungāminī		interpungantur
	imperfect	interpungerer		interpungerēris, interpungerēre		interpungerētur		interpungerēmur		interpungerēminī		interpungerentur
	perfect	interpūnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interpūnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		interpunge		—		—		interpungite		—
	future	—		interpungitō		interpungitō		—		interpungitōte		interpunguntō
passive	present	—		interpungere		—		—		interpungiminī		—
	future	—		interpungitor		interpungitor		—		—		interpunguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		interpungere			interpungī			interpungēns			—
future		interpūnctūrum esse			interpūnctum īrī			interpūnctūrus			interpungendus, interpungundus
perfect		interpūnxisse			interpūnctum esse			—			interpūnctus
future perfect		—			interpūnctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		interpūnctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		interpungendī		interpungendō		interpungendum		interpungendō		interpūnctum		interpūnctū

Derived terms

• interpunctiō
• interpunctum
• interpunctus

Descendants

• Dutch: interpunkteren
• English: interpoint (through Old French), interpunct
• French: entrepoindre
• German: interpungieren
• Italian: interpungere
• Swedish: interpunktera

References

• “interpungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “interpungo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 845/1.