nicto

See also: nicto- and nic to

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kniktos + -ō. The term *kniktos was, according to De Vaan, the perfect passive participle to Proto-Italic *kneiɣʷēō, itself from the Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to bend, to droop”). Cognate with connīveō, nītor (“to bear or rest upon something”), Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

nictō (present infinitive nictāre, perfect active nictāvī, supine nictātum); first conjugation

  1. to blink
  2. to wink, signal with the eyes
  3. (figuratively, of fire) to flash
  4. (figuratively) to strive, make effort

Conjugation

   Conjugation of nictō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nictō nictās nictat nictāmus nictātis nictant
imperfect nictābam nictābās nictābat nictābāmus nictābātis nictābant
future nictābō nictābis nictābit nictābimus nictābitis nictābunt
perfect nictāvī nictāvistī nictāvit nictāvimus nictāvistis nictāvērunt,
nictāvēre
pluperfect nictāveram nictāverās nictāverat nictāverāmus nictāverātis nictāverant
future perfect nictāverō nictāveris nictāverit nictāverimus nictāveritis nictāverint
passive present nictor nictāris,
nictāre 		nictātur nictāmur nictāminī nictantur
imperfect nictābar nictābāris,
nictābāre 		nictābātur nictābāmur nictābāminī nictābantur
future nictābor nictāberis,
nictābere 		nictābitur nictābimur nictābiminī nictābuntur
perfect nictātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect nictātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect nictātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nictem nictēs nictet nictēmus nictētis nictent
imperfect nictārem nictārēs nictāret nictārēmus nictārētis nictārent
perfect nictāverim nictāverīs nictāverit nictāverīmus nictāverītis nictāverint
pluperfect nictāvissem nictāvissēs nictāvisset nictāvissēmus nictāvissētis nictāvissent
passive present nicter nictēris,
nictēre 		nictētur nictēmur nictēminī nictentur
imperfect nictārer nictārēris,
nictārēre 		nictārētur nictārēmur nictārēminī nictārentur
perfect nictātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect nictātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — nictā — — nictāte —
future — nictātō nictātō — nictātōte nictantō
passive present — nictāre — — nictāminī —
future — nictātor nictātor — — nictantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present nictāre nictārī nictāns —
future nictātūrum esse nictātum īrī nictātūrus nictandus
perfect nictāvisse nictātum esse — nictātus
future perfect — nictātum fore — —
perfect potential nictātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
nictandī nictandō nictandum nictandō nictātum nictātū

Derived terms

  • nictātiō
  • nictus

Descendants

  • English: nictate

References

  • “nicto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nicto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 130
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