coniveo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *konkneiɣʷēō, equivalent to con- +‎ *nīveō, from earlier *kneiɣʷējō, from Proto-Italic *kneiɣʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to bend, to droop”).

Cognate with nicō, nictō, nītor (“to bear or rest upon something”), and with Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnīveō (present infinitive cōnīvēre, perfect active cōnīvī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink
  2. to overlook, connive or turn a blind eye

Conjugation
  • The third principal part may also be cōnīxī.
   Conjugation of cōnīveō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnīveō cōnīvēs cōnīvet cōnīvēmus cōnīvētis cōnīvent
imperfect cōnīvēbam cōnīvēbās cōnīvēbat cōnīvēbāmus cōnīvēbātis cōnīvēbant
future cōnīvēbō cōnīvēbis cōnīvēbit cōnīvēbimus cōnīvēbitis cōnīvēbunt
perfect cōnīvī cōnīvistī cōnīvit cōnīvimus cōnīvistis cōnīvērunt,
cōnīvēre
pluperfect cōnīveram cōnīverās cōnīverat cōnīverāmus cōnīverātis cōnīverant
future perfect cōnīverō cōnīveris cōnīverit cōnīverimus cōnīveritis cōnīverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnīveam cōnīveās cōnīveat cōnīveāmus cōnīveātis cōnīveant
imperfect cōnīvērem cōnīvērēs cōnīvēret cōnīvērēmus cōnīvērētis cōnīvērent
perfect cōnīverim cōnīverīs cōnīverit cōnīverīmus cōnīverītis cōnīverint
pluperfect cōnīvissem cōnīvissēs cōnīvisset cōnīvissēmus cōnīvissētis cōnīvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cōnīvē — — cōnīvēte —
future — cōnīvētō cōnīvētō — cōnīvētōte cōnīventō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cōnīvēre cōnīvisse — — — —
participles cōnīvēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cōnīvendī cōnīvendō cōnīvendum cōnīvendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: connive
  • French: conniver

References
  • “coniveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “coniveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • coniveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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