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attingo

attingo

Italian

Verb

attingo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of attingere

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Etymology

From ad- +‎ tangō ‎(“touch”).

Pronunciation

Verb

attingō ‎(present infinitive attingere, perfect active attigī, supine attāctum); third conjugation

  1. I come in contact with, touch.
  2. I assault; strike, attack.
  3. (in eating) I touch, taste.
  4. I approach, reach, arrive at.
  5. I am contiguous to, lie near, border upon.
  6. I touch, affect, interest, reach.
  7. I mention slightly, touch upon.
  8. I undertake, enter upon, engage in,
  9. I am similar; I belong, relate or appertain to, concern.

Inflection

   Conjugation of attingo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present attingō attingis attingit attingimus attingitis attingunt
imperfect attingēbam attingēbās attingēbat attingēbāmus attingēbātis attingēbant
future attingam attingēs attinget attingēmus attingētis attingent
perfect attigī attigistī attigit attigimus attigistis attigērunt, attigēre
pluperfect attigeram attigerās attigerat attigerāmus attigerātis attigerant
future perfect attigerō attigeris attigerit attigerimus attigeritis attigerint
passive present attingor attingeris, attingere attingitur attingimur attingiminī attinguntur
imperfect attingēbar attingēbāris, attingēbāre attingēbātur attingēbāmur attingēbāminī attingēbantur
future attingar attingēris, attingēre attingētur attingēmur attingēminī attingentur
perfect attāctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect attāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect attāctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present attingam attingās attingat attingāmus attingātis attingant
imperfect attingerem attingerēs attingeret attingerēmus attingerētis attingerent
perfect attigerim attigerīs attigerit attigerīmus attigerītis attigerint
pluperfect attigissem attigissēs attigisset attigissēmus attigissētis attigissent
passive present attingar attingāris, attingāre attingātur attingāmur attingāminī attingantur
imperfect attingerer attingerēris, attingerēre attingerētur attingerēmur attingerēminī attingerentur
perfect attāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect attāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — attinge — — attingite —
future — attingitō attingitō — attingitōte attinguntō
passive present — attingere — — attingiminī —
future — attingitor attingitor — — attinguntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives attingere attigisse attāctūrus esse attingī attāctus esse attāctum īrī
participles attingēns — attāctūrus — attāctus attingendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
attingere attingendī attingendō attingendum attāctum attāctū

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References

  • attingo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • attingo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “attingo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be contiguous, adjacent to a country: tangere, attingere terram
    • to touch with the fingertips: extremis digitis aliquid attingere
    • to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences: primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litteras
    • to touch briefly on a thing: breviter tangere, attingere aliquid
    • to make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu): strictim, leviter tangere, attingere, perstringere aliquid
    • to make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu): quasi praeteriens, in transitu attingere aliquid
    • to dwell only on the main points: res summas attingere
    • the battering-ram strikes the wall: aries murum attingit, percutit

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