reticeo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ taceō (“I am silent”).

Pronunciation

Verb

reticeō (present infinitive reticēre, perfect active reticuī); second conjugation, no supine stem, limited passive

  1. (intransitive) to be silent, keep silent
  2. (with dative) to refrain from answering
  3. (transitive) to keep silent or secret, conceal

Conjugation
  • This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
   Conjugation of reticeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, only third-person forms in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present reticeō reticēs reticet reticēmus reticētis reticent
imperfect reticēbam reticēbās reticēbat reticēbāmus reticēbātis reticēbant
future reticēbō reticēbis reticēbit reticēbimus reticēbitis reticēbunt
perfect reticuī reticuistī reticuit reticuimus reticuistis reticuērunt,
reticuēre
pluperfect reticueram reticuerās reticuerat reticuerāmus reticuerātis reticuerant
future perfect reticuerō reticueris reticuerit reticuerimus reticueritis reticuerint
passive present — — reticētur — — reticentur
imperfect — — reticēbātur — — reticēbantur
future — — reticēbitur — — reticēbuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present reticeam reticeās reticeat reticeāmus reticeātis reticeant
imperfect reticērem reticērēs reticēret reticērēmus reticērētis reticērent
perfect reticuerim reticuerīs reticuerit reticuerīmus reticuerītis reticuerint
pluperfect reticuissem reticuissēs reticuisset reticuissēmus reticuissētis reticuissent
passive present — — reticeātur — — reticeantur
imperfect — — reticērētur — — reticērentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — reticē — — reticēte —
future — reticētō reticētō — reticētōte reticentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives reticēre reticuisse — reticērī — —
participles reticēns — — — — reticendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
reticendī reticendō reticendum reticendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Italian: reticere
  • Spanish: reticer

References
  • “reticeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “reticeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • reticeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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