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Grego

{

Greg′goe

,

Gre′go

, }
Noun.
[Prob. fr, It.
Greco
Greek, or Sp.
Griego
, or Pg.
Grego
.]
A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant.
[Written also
griego
.]

Definition 2024

grego

grego

See also: grêgo

English

Noun

grego ‎(plural gregos)

  1. A type of rough jacket with a hood.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
      Going to his heavy grego, or wrapall, or dreadnaught, which he had previously hung on a chair, he fumbled in the pockets, and produced at length a curious little deformed image with a hunch on its back, and exactly the colour of a three days' old Congo baby.

Anagrams

Esperanto

Noun

grego ‎(accusative singular gregon, plural gregoj, accusative plural gregojn)

  1. herd, flock

Derived terms

See also

Galician

Etymology

From Latin graecus.

Adjective

grego m (feminine singular grega, masculine plural gregos, feminine plural gregas)

  1. Greek

Noun

grego m ‎(plural gregos)

  1. Greek person

Proper noun

grego m

  1. Greek language

Related terms

Ladino

Adjective

grego m ‎(Latin spelling)

  1. Greek

Latin

Etymology

From grex ‎(“flock, herd”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡre.ɡoː/, [ˈɡrɛ.ɡoː]

Verb

gregō ‎(present infinitive gregāre, perfect active gregāvī, supine gregātum); first conjugation

  1. I herd, assemble

Inflection

   Conjugation of grego (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present gregō gregās gregat gregāmus gregātis gregant
imperfect gregābam gregābās gregābat gregābāmus gregābātis gregābant
future gregābō gregābis gregābit gregābimus gregābitis gregābunt
perfect gregāvī gregāvistī gregāvit gregāvimus gregāvistis gregāvērunt, gregāvēre
pluperfect gregāveram gregāverās gregāverat gregāverāmus gregāverātis gregāverant
future perfect gregāverō gregāveris gregāverit gregāverimus gregāveritis gregāverint
passive present gregor gregāris, gregāre gregātur gregāmur gregāminī gregantur
imperfect gregābar gregābāris, gregābāre gregābātur gregābāmur gregābāminī gregābantur
future gregābor gregāberis, gregābere gregābitur gregābimur gregābiminī gregābuntur
perfect gregātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect gregātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect gregātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present gregem gregēs greget gregēmus gregētis gregent
imperfect gregārem gregārēs gregāret gregārēmus gregārētis gregārent
perfect gregāverim gregāverīs gregāverit gregāverīmus gregāverītis gregāverint
pluperfect gregāvissem gregāvissēs gregāvisset gregāvissēmus gregāvissētis gregāvissent
passive present greger gregēris, gregēre gregētur gregēmur gregēminī gregentur
imperfect gregārer gregārēris, gregārēre gregārētur gregārēmur gregārēminī gregārentur
perfect gregātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect gregātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — gregā — — gregāte —
future — gregātō gregātō — gregātōte gregantō
passive present — gregāre — — gregāminī —
future — gregātor gregātor — — gregantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives gregāre gregāvisse gregātūrus esse gregārī gregātus esse gregātum īrī
participles gregāns — gregātūrus — gregātus gregandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
gregāre gregandī gregandō gregandum gregātum gregātū

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese grego, from Latin graecus.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɣu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɡu/
  • Hyphenation: gre‧go

Adjective

grego m ‎(feminine singular grega, masculine plural gregos, feminine plural gregas, comparable)

  1. Greek (of, from or relating to Greece)

Synonyms

Noun

grego m (plural gregos, feminine grega, feminine plural gregas)

  1. Greek (person from Greece)
  2. (uncountable) Greek (Indo-European language spoken in Greece and Cyprus)
  3. (colloquial) Greek (incomprehensible speech or jargon)

Related terms

Derived terms

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Graeco ‎(“Greek”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪɡəʊ/

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