coniungo

Latin

Alternative forms

• conjungō

Etymology

From con- (“with, together”) +‎ iungō (“to join, unite, connect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈi̯un.ɡoː/, [kɔnˈi̯ʊŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈjun.ɡo/, [konˈjuŋɡo]

Verb

coniungō (present infinitive coniungere, perfect active coniūnxī, supine coniūnctum); third conjugation

1. (literal) to bind together, connect, join, unite, yoke together, juxtapose

   Synonyms: iniungō, colligō, illigō, ligō, cōnstruō, cōnserō, consociō, iungō, adalligō, cōgō, contrahō, congerō, conciliō

   Antonyms: solvō, absolvō, persolvō, distrahō, dissolvō, rumpō, separō

   me cum aliquo coniungo ― I ally myself with someone

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 8.130:

     a stirpe fores geminis coniunctus Atridis

     [that] you were joined by blood to the twins of Atrides

2. to compose or form by uniting; to associate
3. to unite or join in marriage; to marry
4. to connect or unite by the ties of relationship or friendship

Conjugation

Conjugation of coniungō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	coniungō	coniungis	coniungit	coniungimus	coniungitis	coniungunt
	imperfect	coniungēbam	coniungēbās	coniungēbat	coniungēbāmus	coniungēbātis	coniungēbant
	future	coniungam	coniungēs	coniunget	coniungēmus	coniungētis	coniungent
	perfect	coniūnxī	coniūnxistī	coniūnxit	coniūnximus	coniūnxistis	coniūnxērunt, coniūnxēre
	pluperfect	coniūnxeram	coniūnxerās	coniūnxerat	coniūnxerāmus	coniūnxerātis	coniūnxerant
	future perfect	coniūnxerō	coniūnxeris	coniūnxerit	coniūnxerimus	coniūnxeritis	coniūnxerint
passive	present	coniungor	coniungeris, coniungere	coniungitur	coniungimur	coniungiminī	coniunguntur
	imperfect	coniungēbar	coniungēbāris, coniungēbāre	coniungēbātur	coniungēbāmur	coniungēbāminī	coniungēbantur
	future	coniungar	coniungēris, coniungēre	coniungētur	coniungēmur	coniungēminī	coniungentur
	perfect	coniūnctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	coniūnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	coniūnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	coniungam	coniungās	coniungat	coniungāmus	coniungātis	coniungant
	imperfect	coniungerem	coniungerēs	coniungeret	coniungerēmus	coniungerētis	coniungerent
	perfect	coniūnxerim	coniūnxerīs	coniūnxerit	coniūnxerīmus	coniūnxerītis	coniūnxerint
	pluperfect	coniūnxissem	coniūnxissēs	coniūnxisset	coniūnxissēmus	coniūnxissētis	coniūnxissent
passive	present	coniungar	coniungāris, coniungāre	coniungātur	coniungāmur	coniungāminī	coniungantur
	imperfect	coniungerer	coniungerēris, coniungerēre	coniungerētur	coniungerēmur	coniungerēminī	coniungerentur
	perfect	coniūnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	coniūnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	coniunge	—	—	coniungite	—
	future	—	coniungitō	coniungitō	—	coniungitōte	coniunguntō
passive	present	—	coniungere	—	—	coniungiminī	—
	future	—	coniungitor	coniungitor	—	—	coniunguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		coniungere	coniūnxisse	coniūnctūrum esse	coniungī	coniūnctum esse	coniūnctum īrī
participles		coniungēns	—	coniūnctūrus	—	coniūnctus	coniungendus, coniungundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		coniungendī	coniungendō	coniungendum	coniungendō	coniūnctum	coniūnctū

Derived terms

• coniūnctiō
• coniūnctrīx
• coniūnctus

Related terms

• coniūnx

Descendants

• French: conjoindre
  • English: conjoin
• Italian: congiungere
• → Portuguese: conjungir
• Sicilian: cugnùnciri
• Spanish: conjuntar

References

• “conjungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coniungo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “coniungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coniungo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to wage war in conjunction with some one: bellum coniungere (Imp. Pomp. 9. 26)
    
  • to make a camp in common: castra coniungere, iungere (B. C. 1. 63)