cuneo

See also: Cuneo

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.ne.o/
  • Rhymes: -uneo
  • Hyphenation: cù‧ne‧o

Noun

cuneo m (plural cunei)

  1. wedge

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From cuneus (“wedge”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

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

  1. to wedge in, secure by wedging, force in like a wedge
Conjugation
   Conjugation of cuneō (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 cuneāverīmus cuneāverītis 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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present cuneāre cuneārī cuneāns —
future cuneātūrum esse cuneātum īrī cuneātūrus cuneandus
perfect cuneāvisse cuneātum esse — cuneātus
future perfect — cuneātum fore — —
perfect potential cuneātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cuneandī cuneandō cuneandum cuneandō cuneātum cuneātū
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: coniare, cognare, cugnare
    • Sicilian: cugnari
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

Through the Vulgar derivate *incuneāre:

  • Balkano-Romance:
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: incugnare
    • Sicilian: ncugnari
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

cuneō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of cuneus (“wedge, wedge shape”)

Spanish

Verb

cuneo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cunear
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