pecto

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pektō, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέκω (pékō, “comb or card wool”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpek.toː/, [ˈpɛkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpek.to/, [ˈpɛkt̪o]

Verb

pectō (present infinitive pectere, perfect active pexī, supine pexum); third conjugation

1. to comb
2. (of wool) to card, heckle, comb
3. (by extension) to hoe, weed
4. (figuratively) to give someone a thrashing, thrash

Conjugation

Conjugation of pectō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pectō	pectis	pectit	pectimus	pectitis	pectunt
	imperfect	pectēbam	pectēbās	pectēbat	pectēbāmus	pectēbātis	pectēbant
	future	pectam	pectēs	pectet	pectēmus	pectētis	pectent
	perfect	pexī	pexistī	pexit	peximus	pexistis	pexērunt, pexēre
	pluperfect	pexeram	pexerās	pexerat	pexerāmus	pexerātis	pexerant
	future perfect	pexerō	pexeris	pexerit	pexerimus	pexeritis	pexerint
passive	present	pector	pecteris, pectere	pectitur	pectimur	pectiminī	pectuntur
	imperfect	pectēbar	pectēbāris, pectēbāre	pectēbātur	pectēbāmur	pectēbāminī	pectēbantur
	future	pectar	pectēris, pectēre	pectētur	pectēmur	pectēminī	pectentur
	perfect	pexus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pexus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pexus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pectam	pectās	pectat	pectāmus	pectātis	pectant
	imperfect	pecterem	pecterēs	pecteret	pecterēmus	pecterētis	pecterent
	perfect	pexerim	pexerīs	pexerit	pexerīmus	pexerītis	pexerint
	pluperfect	pexissem	pexissēs	pexisset	pexissēmus	pexissētis	pexissent
passive	present	pectar	pectāris, pectāre	pectātur	pectāmur	pectāminī	pectantur
	imperfect	pecterer	pecterēris, pecterēre	pecterētur	pecterēmur	pecterēminī	pecterentur
	perfect	pexus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pecte	—	—	pectite	—
	future	—	pectitō	pectitō	—	pectitōte	pectuntō
passive	present	—	pectere	—	—	pectiminī	—
	future	—	pectitor	pectitor	—	—	pectuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pectere	pexisse	pexūrum esse	pectī	pexum esse	pexum īrī
participles		pectēns	—	pexūrus	—	pexus	pectendus, pectundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pectendī	pectendō	pectendum	pectendō	pexum	pexū

The third and fourth principal parts, pexī and pexum, can be written as pexuī and pectitum, respectively, and hence all of their verb forms as such.

Derived terms

• dēpectō
• pectiō
• pectitus
• pexus
• repectō

Related terms

• pecten
• pectinārius
• pectinātim
• pectinātor
• pectinātus
• pectinō
• pectunculus

References

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