temno – Latin verb conjugation

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(Ind. Present 1.sg.): temnō

Active Nominal Forms

Infinitive: témnere
Present participle: temnēns; temnéntis
Future participle: temptúrus
Gerund: temnéndum
Gerundive: temnéndus

Passive Nominal Forms

Infinitive: témnere
Perfect participle: temptum

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Etymology

1. Disputed.
2. * Rix lists the term as a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *tm̥-ne-h₁-ti, a nasal-infix from *temh₁- (“to cut”).
3. * De Vaan argues that temnō is likely a back-formation from contemnō, as contemnō has much older attestations than temnō. De Vaan agrees, however, that the ending -temnere most likely derives from a nasal-infix of the root *temh₁- (“to cut”). Though, De Vaan suggests that it could also be explained from *stemb- (“shake violently”).
4. * The linguist Gerhard Meiser has suggested that the perfect form -tempsī emerged via the contamination of a possible s-aorist belonging to the root *stemb-. However, the form could have emerged without any such influence, as perfect stems marked by *-psī emerged in many Latin verbs ending with a labial stop.
5. See also Latin tondeō, tempus, templum, Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō). See: Latin 'tondeō'.

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