commoveo

Latin

Alternative forms

conmoveō

Etymology

From con- (“with, together”) +‎ moveō (“move”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈmo.u̯e.oː/, [kɔmˈmou̯eoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈmo.ve.o/, [komˈmɔːveo]

Verb

commoveō (present infinitive commovēre, perfect active commōvī, supine commōtum); second conjugation

to move something in violent motion, move; shake, stir, shift, agitate
to remove something from somewhere, carry away, displace
(by extension) to start, set in motion, stimulate, begin, move
(figuratively) to drive back, dislodge, refute, confute
(figuratively) to throw into disorder, unbalance, unsettle, disturb
(figuratively) to excite, rouse, stir up, affect, influence, produce, generate

Conjugation

Conjugation of commoveō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	commoveō	commovēs	commovet	commovēmus	commovētis	commovent
	imperfect	commovēbam	commovēbās	commovēbat	commovēbāmus	commovēbātis	commovēbant
	future	commovēbō	commovēbis	commovēbit	commovēbimus	commovēbitis	commovēbunt
	perfect	commōvī	commōvistī	commōvit	commōvimus	commōvistis	commōvērunt, commōvēre
	pluperfect	commōveram	commōverās	commōverat	commōverāmus	commōverātis	commōverant
	future perfect	commōverō	commōveris	commōverit	commōverimus	commōveritis	commōverint
passive	present	commoveor	commovēris, commovēre	commovētur	commovēmur	commovēminī	commoventur
	imperfect	commovēbar	commovēbāris, commovēbāre	commovēbātur	commovēbāmur	commovēbāminī	commovēbantur
	future	commovēbor	commovēberis, commovēbere	commovēbitur	commovēbimur	commovēbiminī	commovēbuntur
	perfect	commōtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	commoveam	commoveās	commoveat	commoveāmus	commoveātis	commoveant
	imperfect	commovērem	commovērēs	commovēret	commovērēmus	commovērētis	commovērent
	perfect	commōverim	commōverīs	commōverit	commōverīmus	commōverītis	commōverint
	pluperfect	commōvissem	commōvissēs	commōvisset	commōvissēmus	commōvissētis	commōvissent
passive	present	commovear	commoveāris, commoveāre	commoveātur	commoveāmur	commoveāminī	commoveantur
	imperfect	commovērer	commovērēris, commovērēre	commovērētur	commovērēmur	commovērēminī	commovērentur
	perfect	commōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	commovē	—	—	commovēte	—
active	future	—	commovētō	commovētō	—	commovētōte	commoventō
passive	present	—	commovēre	—	—	commovēminī	—
passive	future	—	commovētor	commovētor	—	—	commoventor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		commovēre	commōvisse	commōtūrum esse	commovērī	commōtum esse	commōtum īrī
participles		commovēns	—	commōtūrus	—	commōtus	commovendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		commovendī	commovendō	commovendum	commovendō	commōtum	commōtū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: commoure
English: commove
Galician: conmover
Italian: commuovere
Portuguese: comover
Sicilian: cummòviri
Spanish: conmover

References

“commoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“commoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
commoveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be moved by a thing: aliqua re moveri, commoveri
- to touch a person's heart, move him: alicuius animum commovere
- to cause a person pain: dolorem alicui facere, afferre, commovere
- to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere
- to excite some one's pity: misericordiam alicui commovere