lego: all forms
lego means “read; gather, choose”. Below is its full conjugation in Latin.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | lego | legem | |
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| 2nd singular | legas | leges | lega |
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| 3rd singular | legat | leget | |
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| 1st plural | legamus | legemus | |
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| 2nd plural | legatis | legetis | legate |
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| 3rd plural | legant | legent | |
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Present passive
Present passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | legor | leger | |
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| 2nd singular | legaris | legeris · legere | legare |
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| 3rd singular | legatur | legetur | |
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| 1st plural | legamur | legemur | |
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| 2nd plural | legamini | legemini | legamini |
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| 3rd plural | legantur | legentur | |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | legabam | legarem |
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| 2nd singular | legabas | legares |
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| 3rd singular | legabat | legaret |
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| 1st plural | legabamus | legaremus |
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| 2nd plural | legabatis | legaretis |
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| 3rd plural | legabant | legarent |
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Imperfect passive
Imperfect passive | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | legabar | legarer |
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| 2nd singular | legabare · legabaris | legarere · legareris |
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| 3rd singular | legabatur | legaretur |
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| 1st plural | legabamur | legaremur |
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| 2nd plural | legabamini | legaremini |
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| 3rd plural | legabantur | legarentur |
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Future active
Future active | Indicative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | legabo | |
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| 2nd singular | legabis | legato |
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| 3rd singular | legabit | legato |
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| 1st plural | legabimus | |
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| 2nd plural | legabitis | legatote |
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| 3rd plural | legabunt | leganto |
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Future passive
Future passive | Indicative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | legabor | |
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| 2nd singular | legabere · legaberis | legator |
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| 3rd singular | legabitur | legator |
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| 1st plural | legabimur | |
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| 2nd plural | legabimini | |
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| 3rd plural | legabuntur | legantor |
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Perfect active
Perfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | legavi | legaverim |
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| 2nd singular | legavisti | legaveris |
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| 3rd singular | legavit | legaverit |
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| 1st plural | legavimus | legaverimus |
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| 2nd plural | legavistis | legaveritis |
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| 3rd plural | legaverunt · legavere | legaverint |
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Pluperfect active
Pluperfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | legaveram | legavissem |
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| 2nd singular | legaveras | legavisses |
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| 3rd singular | legaverat | legavisset |
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| 1st plural | legaveramus | legavissemus |
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| 2nd plural | legaveratis | legavissetis |
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| 3rd plural | legaverant | legavissent |
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Future perfect active
Future perfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | legavero |
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| 2nd singular | legaveris |
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| 3rd singular | legaverit |
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| 1st plural | legaverimus |
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| 2nd plural | legaveritis |
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| 3rd plural | legaverint |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Passive |
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| Present | legare | legari |
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| Perfect | legavisse | |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | | legans |
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| Genitive | | legantis |
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| Dative | | leganti |
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| Accusative | legans | legantem |
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| Ablative | | legante · leganti |
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| Vocative | | legans |
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Present active participle, plural | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | legantia | legantes |
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| Genitive | | legantum · legantium |
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| Dative | | legantibus |
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| Accusative | legantia | legantes |
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| Ablative | | legantibus |
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| Vocative | legantia | legantes |
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Future active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | legaturus | legatura | legaturum | |
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| Genitive | legaturi | legaturae | legaturi | |
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| Dative | legaturo | legaturae | legaturo | |
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| Accusative | legaturum | legaturam | legaturum | |
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| Ablative | legaturo | legatura | legaturo | |
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| Vocative | legature | legatura | legaturum | |
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Future active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | legaturi | legaturae | legatura | |
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| Genitive | legaturorum | legaturarum | legaturorum | |
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| Dative | | | | legaturis |
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| Accusative | legaturos | legaturas | legatura | |
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| Ablative | | | | legaturis |
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| Vocative | legaturi | legaturae | legatura | |
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Perfect passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | legatus | legata | legatum | |
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| Genitive | legati | legatae | legati | |
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| Dative | legato | legatae | legato | |
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| Accusative | legatum | legatam | legatum | |
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| Ablative | legato | legata | legato | |
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| Vocative | legate | legata | legatum | |
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Perfect passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | legati | legatae | legata | |
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| Genitive | legatorum | legatarum | legatorum | |
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| Dative | | | | legatis |
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| Accusative | legatos | legatas | legata | |
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| Ablative | | | | legatis |
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| Vocative | legati | legatae | legata | |
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Gerund, gerundive and supine
Gerundive, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | legandus | leganda | legandum | |
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| Genitive | legandi | legandae | legandi | |
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| Dative | legando | legandae | legando | |
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| Accusative | legandum | legandam | legandum | |
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| Ablative | legando | leganda | legando | |
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| Vocative | legande | leganda | legandum | |
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Gerundive, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | legandi | legandae | leganda | |
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| Genitive | legandorum | legandarum | legandorum | |
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| Dative | | | | legandis |
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| Accusative | legandos | legandas | leganda | |
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| Ablative | | | | legandis |
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| Vocative | legandi | legandae | leganda | |
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Supine | Forms |
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| Accusative | legatum |
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| Ablative | legatu |
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Meaning and examples of lego
Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.