indago

See also: indagó and indagò

Catalan

Verb

indago

first-person singular present indicative of indagar

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /inˈda.ɡo/
Rhymes: -aɡo
Hyphenation: in‧dà‧go

Verb

indago

first-person singular present indicative of indagare

Anagrams

gonadi

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈdaː.ɡoː/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪äːɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈda.ɡo/, [in̪ˈd̪äːɡo]

Etymology 1

From indu + agō.

Verb

indāgō (present infinitive indāgāre, perfect active indāgāvī, supine indāgātum); first conjugation

to track, trace, hunt by tracking
to explore, investigate, search into
Synonyms: scīscitor, quaerō, scīscō, scrūtor, percontor, rogitō, investīgō, conquīrō, cōnsīderō, explōrō

Conjugation

Conjugation of indāgō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	indāgō	indāgās	indāgat	indāgāmus	indāgātis	indāgant
	imperfect	indāgābam	indāgābās	indāgābat	indāgābāmus	indāgābātis	indāgābant
	future	indāgābō	indāgābis	indāgābit	indāgābimus	indāgābitis	indāgābunt
	perfect	indāgāvī	indāgāvistī	indāgāvit	indāgāvimus	indāgāvistis	indāgāvērunt, indāgāvēre
	pluperfect	indāgāveram	indāgāverās	indāgāverat	indāgāverāmus	indāgāverātis	indāgāverant
	future perfect	indāgāverō	indāgāveris	indāgāverit	indāgāverimus	indāgāveritis	indāgāverint
passive	present	indāgor	indāgāris, indāgāre	indāgātur	indāgāmur	indāgāminī	indāgantur
	imperfect	indāgābar	indāgābāris, indāgābāre	indāgābātur	indāgābāmur	indāgābāminī	indāgābantur
	future	indāgābor	indāgāberis, indāgābere	indāgābitur	indāgābimur	indāgābiminī	indāgābuntur
	perfect	indāgātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	indāgātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	indāgātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	indāgem	indāgēs	indāget	indāgēmus	indāgētis	indāgent
imperfect	indāgārem	indāgārēs	indāgāret	indāgārēmus	indāgārētis	indāgārent
perfect	indāgāverim	indāgāverīs	indāgāverit	indāgāverīmus	indāgāverītis	indāgāverint
pluperfect	indāgāvissem	indāgāvissēs	indāgāvisset	indāgāvissēmus	indāgāvissētis	indāgāvissent
passive	present	indāger	indāgēris, indāgēre	indāgētur	indāgēmur	indāgēminī	indāgentur
imperfect	indāgārer	indāgārēris, indāgārēre	indāgārētur	indāgārēmur	indāgārēminī	indāgārentur
perfect	indāgātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	indāgātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	indāgā	—	—	indāgāte	—
active	future	—	indāgātō	indāgātō	—	indāgātōte	indāgantō
passive	present	—	indāgāre	—	—	indāgāminī	—
passive	future	—	indāgātor	indāgātor	—	—	indāgantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		indāgāre	indāgāvisse	indāgātūrum esse	indāgārī, indāgārier¹	indāgātum esse	indāgātum īrī
participles		indāgāns	—	indāgātūrus	—	indāgātus	indāgandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		indāgandī	indāgandō	indāgandum	indāgandō	indāgātum	indāgātū

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

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Asturian: indagar
→ Catalan: indagar
→ English: indagate
→ Galician: indagar
→ Italian: indagare
→ Polish: indagować
→ Portuguese: indagar
→ Spanish: indagar

Etymology 2

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Noun

indāgō f (genitive indāginis); third declension

an encircling, enclosing of wild animals using nets
a surrounding of enemies
an investigation, examining
(Late Latin, law) a judicial inquiry
(Medieval Latin) an enclosure (territory); a park (land set aside for hunting) or forest
(Medieval Latin, Hungary) a march (border country)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	indāgō	indāginēs
genitive	indāginis	indāginum
dative	indāginī	indāginibus
accusative	indāginem	indāginēs
ablative	indāgine	indāginibus
vocative	indāgō	indāginēs

Synonyms

(investigation): indāgātiō

Descendants

Spanish: andén

References

“indago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“indago”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
indago in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give the etymological explanation of words: nomina enodare or verborum origines quaerere, indagare
“indago”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
indago in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
indago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “indago”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Portuguese

Verb

indago

first-person singular present indicative of indagar

Spanish

Verb

indago

first-person singular present indicative of indagar