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contueor
contueor
Latin
Alternative forms
- contuō
- contuor
Verb
contueor (present infinitive contuērī, perfect active contuitus sum); second conjugation, deponent
- I look or gaze upon, behold, see, view, survey.
- I ponder, weigh, contemplate.
- I preserve (carefully), take care of, see to, tend, look after.
Inflection
| Conjugation of contueor (second conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | contueor | contuēris, contuēre | contuētur | contuēmur | contuēminī | contuentur |
| imperfect | contuēbar | contuēbāris, contuēbāre | contuēbātur | contuēbāmur | contuēbāminī | contuēbantur | |
| future | contuēbor | contuēberis, contuēbere | contuēbitur | contuēbimur | contuēbiminī | contuēbuntur | |
| perfect | contuitus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | contuitus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | contuitus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | contuear | contueāris, contueāre | contueātur | contueāmur | contueāminī | contueantur |
| imperfect | contuērer | contuērēris, contuērēre | contuērētur | contuērēmur | contuērēminī | contuērentur | |
| perfect | contuitus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | contuitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | contuēre | — | — | contuēminī | — |
| future | — | contuētor | contuētor | — | — | contuentor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | contuērī | contuitus esse | contuitūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | contuēns | contuitus | contuitūrus | — | — | contuendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| contuērī | contuendī | contuendō | contuendum | contuitum | contuitū | ||
Derived terms
- contuitus / contūtus
Related terms
References
- contueor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contueor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contueor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.