Italian

Verb

propago

1. first-person singular present indicative of propagare

Latin

Etymology

From prō- and Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‎(“to attach”) (whence pangō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈpaː.ɡoː/

Verb

prōpāgō ‎(present infinitive prōpāgāre, perfect active prōpāgāvī, supine prōpāgātum); first conjugation

1. I propagate
2. I extend, enlarge, increase

Inflection

Descendants

• English: propagate
• French: propager
• Italian: propagare
• Portuguese: propagar
• Spanish: propagar

Noun

prōpāgō f ‎(genitive prōpāginis); third declension

1. (botany) set, layer, shoot (of a plant, for propagation)
2. offspring, descendant, child
3. children, race, breed, stock, progeny; posterity

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• propago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• propago in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “propago”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to enlarge the boundaries of a kingdom: fines (imperii) propagare, extendere, (longius) proferre
    
  • to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
    
• propago in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 787
• Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber

Portuguese

Verb

propago

1. first-person singular present indicative of propagar

Spanish

Verb

propago

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of propagar.