Latin

Verb

pertineō ‎(present infinitive pertinēre, perfect active pertinuī); second conjugation, no passive

1. I extend, stretch out, reach, matter
2. I belong, relate, pertain, have concern
3. I have a tendency to, tend to
4. I am the property of, belong to; I am attributable to

Usage notes

The verb's direct object is written as the object of the preposition ad.

Inflection

Derived terms

• appertineō
• pertinēns
• pertinenter

Related terms

Descendants

• English: pertain
• Galician: pertencer
• Italian: pertenere
• Portuguese: pertencer
• Spanish: pertenecer
• Catalan: pertànyer

References

• pertineo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pertineo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pertineo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the territory of this race extends as far as the Rhine: haec gens pertinet usque ad Rhenum
    
  • to be essentially important to a thing: pertinere ad aliquid
    
  • a wise man is in no way affected by this: hoc nihil ad sapientem pertinet
    
  • a suspicion falls on some one: suspicio (alicuius rei) cadit in aliquem, pertinet ad aliquem
    
  • the necessaries of life: quae ad victum pertinent