consero

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.se.roː/, [ˈkõːs̠ɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.se.ro/, [ˈkɔnsero]

Etymology 1

From con- ‎ serō (“sow, plant”).

Verb

cōnserō (present infinitive cōnserere, perfect active cōnsēvī, supine cōnsatum); third conjugation

1. to sow or plant with or in
2. to sow, plant

Conjugation

• The fourth principal part may be cōnsitum or cōnsatum.

Conjugation of cōnserō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnserō	cōnseris	cōnserit	cōnserimus	cōnseritis	cōnserunt
	imperfect	cōnserēbam	cōnserēbās	cōnserēbat	cōnserēbāmus	cōnserēbātis	cōnserēbant
	future	cōnseram	cōnserēs	cōnseret	cōnserēmus	cōnserētis	cōnserent
	perfect	cōnsēvī	cōnsēvistī	cōnsēvit	cōnsēvimus	cōnsēvistis	cōnsēvērunt, cōnsēvēre
	pluperfect	cōnsēveram	cōnsēverās	cōnsēverat	cōnsēverāmus	cōnsēverātis	cōnsēverant
	future perfect	cōnsēverō	cōnsēveris	cōnsēverit	cōnsēverimus	cōnsēveritis	cōnsēverint
passive	present	cōnseror	cōnsereris, cōnserere	cōnseritur	cōnserimur	cōnseriminī	cōnseruntur
	imperfect	cōnserēbar	cōnserēbāris, cōnserēbāre	cōnserēbātur	cōnserēbāmur	cōnserēbāminī	cōnserēbantur
	future	cōnserar	cōnserēris, cōnserēre	cōnserētur	cōnserēmur	cōnserēminī	cōnserentur
	perfect	cōnsatus present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsatus imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnsatus future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnseram	cōnserās	cōnserat	cōnserāmus	cōnserātis	cōnserant
	imperfect	cōnsererem	cōnsererēs	cōnsereret	cōnsererēmus	cōnsererētis	cōnsererent
	perfect	cōnsēverim	cōnsēverīs	cōnsēverit	cōnsēverīmus	cōnsēverītis	cōnsēverint
	pluperfect	cōnsēvissem	cōnsēvissēs	cōnsēvisset	cōnsēvissēmus	cōnsēvissētis	cōnsēvissent
passive	present	cōnserar	cōnserāris, cōnserāre	cōnserātur	cōnserāmur	cōnserāminī	cōnserantur
	imperfect	cōnsererer	cōnsererēris, cōnsererēre	cōnsererētur	cōnsererēmur	cōnsererēminī	cōnsererentur
	perfect	cōnsatus present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsatus imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnsere	—	—	cōnserite	—
	future	—	cōnseritō	cōnseritō	—	cōnseritōte	cōnseruntō
passive	present	—	cōnserere	—	—	cōnseriminī	—
	future	—	cōnseritor	cōnseritor	—	—	cōnseruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnserere	cōnsēvisse	cōnsatūrum esse	cōnserī	cōnsatum esse	cōnsatum īrī
participles		cōnserēns	—	cōnsatūrus	—	cōnsatus	cōnserendus, cōnserundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnserendī	cōnserendō	cōnserendum	cōnserendō	cōnsatum	cōnsatū

Etymology 2

From con- ‎ serō (“join or bind together”).

Verb

cōnserō (present infinitive cōnserere, perfect active cōnseruī, supine cōnsertum); third conjugation

1. to fasten, connect, entwine, tie, join or bind into a whole

   Synonyms: colligō, illigō, ligō, adalligō, dēligō, cōnfīgō, iniungō, alligō, nectō, cōnectō, dēfīgō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō

   Antonyms: absolvō, persolvō, solvō, distrahō, dissolvō, explicō, rumpō, sēparō

2. to unite or bring together

   Synonyms: conferō, convehō, contrahō, congerō, contribuō, committō, cōgō, stīpō, glomerō, compellō

3. (with manum or manus) to engage in close combat, join battle
4. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to fold or enfold
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.24.33:

     Parum inquam dormiēs, modicum dormītābis, pauxillum manūs cōnserēs ut quiēscās. (future active indicative)

     Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest [...].
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnserō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnserō	cōnseris	cōnserit	cōnserimus	cōnseritis	cōnserunt
	imperfect	cōnserēbam	cōnserēbās	cōnserēbat	cōnserēbāmus	cōnserēbātis	cōnserēbant
	future	cōnseram	cōnserēs	cōnseret	cōnserēmus	cōnserētis	cōnserent
	perfect	cōnseruī	cōnseruistī	cōnseruit	cōnseruimus	cōnseruistis	cōnseruērunt, cōnseruēre
	pluperfect	cōnserueram	cōnseruerās	cōnseruerat	cōnseruerāmus	cōnseruerātis	cōnseruerant
	future perfect	cōnseruerō	cōnserueris	cōnseruerit	cōnseruerimus	cōnserueritis	cōnseruerint
passive	present	cōnseror	cōnsereris, cōnserere	cōnseritur	cōnserimur	cōnseriminī	cōnseruntur
	imperfect	cōnserēbar	cōnserēbāris, cōnserēbāre	cōnserēbātur	cōnserēbāmur	cōnserēbāminī	cōnserēbantur
	future	cōnserar	cōnserēris, cōnserēre	cōnserētur	cōnserēmur	cōnserēminī	cōnserentur
	perfect	cōnsertus present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsertus imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnsertus future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnseram	cōnserās	cōnserat	cōnserāmus	cōnserātis	cōnserant
	imperfect	cōnsererem	cōnsererēs	cōnsereret	cōnsererēmus	cōnsererētis	cōnsererent
	perfect	cōnseruerim	cōnseruerīs	cōnseruerit	cōnseruerīmus	cōnseruerītis	cōnseruerint
	pluperfect	cōnseruissem	cōnseruissēs	cōnseruisset	cōnseruissēmus	cōnseruissētis	cōnseruissent
passive	present	cōnserar	cōnserāris, cōnserāre	cōnserātur	cōnserāmur	cōnserāminī	cōnserantur
	imperfect	cōnsererer	cōnsererēris, cōnsererēre	cōnsererētur	cōnsererēmur	cōnsererēminī	cōnsererentur
	perfect	cōnsertus present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsertus imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnsere	—	—	cōnserite	—
	future	—	cōnseritō	cōnseritō	—	cōnseritōte	cōnseruntō
passive	present	—	cōnserere	—	—	cōnseriminī	—
	future	—	cōnseritor	cōnseritor	—	—	cōnseruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnserere	cōnseruisse	cōnsertūrum esse	cōnserī	cōnsertum esse	cōnsertum īrī
participles		cōnserēns	—	cōnsertūrus	—	cōnsertus	cōnserendus, cōnserundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnserendī	cōnserendō	cōnserendum	cōnserendō	cōnsertum	cōnsertū

References

• “consero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “consero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to come to close quarters: manum (us) conserere cum hoste