copulo

See also: copuló and copulò

Catalan

Verb

copulo

first-person singular present indicative of copular

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pu.lo/
Rhymes: -ɔpulo
Hyphenation: cò‧pu‧lo

Verb

copulo

first-person singular present indicative of copulare

Anagrams

poculo

Latin

Etymology

From cōpula (“a tie, binding”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.pu.loː/, [ˈkoːpʊɫ̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.pu.lo/, [ˈkɔːpulo]

Verb

cōpulō (present infinitive cōpulāre, perfect active cōpulāvī, supine cōpulātum); first conjugation

to bind or tie together, unite, join, couple
(middle voice) to associate with
to connect

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōpulō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōpulō	cōpulās	cōpulat	cōpulāmus	cōpulātis	cōpulant
	imperfect	cōpulābam	cōpulābās	cōpulābat	cōpulābāmus	cōpulābātis	cōpulābant
	future	cōpulābō	cōpulābis	cōpulābit	cōpulābimus	cōpulābitis	cōpulābunt
	perfect	cōpulāvī	cōpulāvistī	cōpulāvit	cōpulāvimus	cōpulāvistis	cōpulāvērunt, cōpulāvēre
	pluperfect	cōpulāveram	cōpulāverās	cōpulāverat	cōpulāverāmus	cōpulāverātis	cōpulāverant
	future perfect	cōpulāverō	cōpulāveris	cōpulāverit	cōpulāverimus	cōpulāveritis	cōpulāverint
passive	present	cōpulor	cōpulāris, cōpulāre	cōpulātur	cōpulāmur	cōpulāminī	cōpulantur
	imperfect	cōpulābar	cōpulābāris, cōpulābāre	cōpulābātur	cōpulābāmur	cōpulābāminī	cōpulābantur
	future	cōpulābor	cōpulāberis, cōpulābere	cōpulābitur	cōpulābimur	cōpulābiminī	cōpulābuntur
	perfect	cōpulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōpulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōpulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōpulem	cōpulēs	cōpulet	cōpulēmus	cōpulētis	cōpulent
imperfect	cōpulārem	cōpulārēs	cōpulāret	cōpulārēmus	cōpulārētis	cōpulārent
perfect	cōpulāverim	cōpulāverīs	cōpulāverit	cōpulāverīmus	cōpulāverītis	cōpulāverint
pluperfect	cōpulāvissem	cōpulāvissēs	cōpulāvisset	cōpulāvissēmus	cōpulāvissētis	cōpulāvissent
passive	present	cōpuler	cōpulēris, cōpulēre	cōpulētur	cōpulēmur	cōpulēminī	cōpulentur
imperfect	cōpulārer	cōpulārēris, cōpulārēre	cōpulārētur	cōpulārēmur	cōpulārēminī	cōpulārentur
perfect	cōpulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	cōpulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōpulā	—	—	cōpulāte	—
active	future	—	cōpulātō	cōpulātō	—	cōpulātōte	cōpulantō
passive	present	—	cōpulāre	—	—	cōpulāminī	—
passive	future	—	cōpulātor	cōpulātor	—	—	cōpulantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōpulāre	cōpulāvisse	cōpulātūrum esse	cōpulārī, cōpulārier¹	cōpulātum esse	cōpulātum īrī
participles		cōpulāns	—	cōpulātūrus	—	cōpulātus	cōpulandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōpulandī	cōpulandō	cōpulandum	cōpulandō	cōpulātum	cōpulātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

cōpula

Descendants

Catalan: copular, acoblar
English: copula, copulate, couple
French: coupler, copuler
Italian: copulare
Portuguese: copular, acoplar
Romanian: cupla
Spanish: copular, acoplar

References

“copulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“copulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
copulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to throw grappling irons on board; to board: copulas, manus ferreas (in navem) inicere

Portuguese

Verb

copulo

first-person singular present indicative of copular

Spanish

Verb

copulo

first-person singular present indicative of copular