cuneo

See also: Cuneo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cuneus, whence also Italian conio (an inherited doublet).

Noun

cuneo m (plural cunei)

  1. wedge

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From cuneus (“wedge”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈku.ne.oː/, [ˈkʊ.ne.oː]

Verb

cuneō (present infinitive cuneāre, perfect active cuneāvī, supine cuneātum); first conjugation

  1. I wedge in, secure by wedging, force in like a wedge.

Inflection
   Conjugation of cuneo (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cuneō cuneās cuneat cuneāmus cuneātis cuneant
imperfect cuneābam cuneābās cuneābat cuneābāmus cuneābātis cuneābant
future cuneābō cuneābis cuneābit cuneābimus cuneābitis cuneābunt
perfect cuneāvī cuneāvistī cuneāvit cuneāvimus cuneāvistis cuneāvērunt, cuneāvēre
pluperfect cuneāveram cuneāverās cuneāverat cuneāverāmus cuneāverātis cuneāverant
future perfect cuneāverō cuneāveris cuneāverit cuneāverimus cuneāveritis cuneāverint
passive present cuneor cuneāris, cuneāre cuneātur cuneāmur cuneāminī cuneantur
imperfect cuneābar cuneābāris, cuneābāre cuneābātur cuneābāmur cuneābāminī cuneābantur
future cuneābor cuneāberis, cuneābere cuneābitur cuneābimur cuneābiminī cuneābuntur
perfect cuneātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cuneātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cuneātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cuneem cuneēs cuneet cuneēmus cuneētis cuneent
imperfect cuneārem cuneārēs cuneāret cuneārēmus cuneārētis cuneārent
perfect cuneāverim cuneāverīs cuneāverit cuneāverimus cuneāveritis cuneāverint
pluperfect cuneāvissem cuneāvissēs cuneāvisset cuneāvissēmus cuneāvissētis cuneāvissent
passive present cuneer cuneēris, cuneēre cuneētur cuneēmur cuneēminī cuneentur
imperfect cuneārer cuneārēris, cuneārēre cuneārētur cuneārēmur cuneārēminī cuneārentur
perfect cuneātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cuneātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cuneā — — cuneāte —
future — cuneātō cuneātō — cuneātōte cuneantō
passive present — cuneāre — — cuneāminī —
future — cuneātor cuneātor — — cuneantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cuneāre cuneāvisse cuneātūrus esse cuneārī cuneātus esse cuneātum īrī
participles cuneāns — cuneātūrus — cuneātus cuneandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
cuneāre cuneandī cuneandō cuneandum cuneātum cuneātū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Italian: coniare
  • Old French:
  • Old Portuguese:
  • Old Spanish:
    • Spanish: cuñar
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *incuneō, *incuneāre

References
  • cuneo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cuneo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Verb

cuneo

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