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implico
implico
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in”) + plicō (“fold, bend, roll up”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈim.pli.koː/, [ˈɪm.plɪ.koː]
Verb
implicō (present infinitive implicāre, perfect active implicāvī, supine implicātum); first conjugation
- I entangle, entwine
- I infold, envelop, encircle
- I embrace
- I clasp, grasp
- (figuratively) I unite, associate, join
- I implicate, involve, embarrass
Usage notes
The perfect form is sometimes implicui instead of implicāvi, and the supine sometimes implicitum instead of implicātum.
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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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “implico”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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
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(ambiguous) to be involved in many undertakings; to be much occupied, embarrassed, overwhelmed by business-claims: multis negotiis implicatum, districtum, distentum, obrutum esse
- to fall into error: erroribus implicari (Tusc. 4. 27. 58)