allego

See also: allegó, and allegò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈle.ɡo/, /alˈlɛ.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -eɡo, -ɛɡo
• Hyphenation: al‧lé‧go, al‧lè‧go

Verb

allego

1. first-person singular present indicative of allegare (all meanings)

Anagrams

• Agello

Latin

Etymology 1

From ad- +‎ legō (“read, choose”).

Alternative forms

• adlegō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.le.ɡoː/, [ˈälːʲɛɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.le.ɡo/, [ˈälːeɡo]

Verb

allegō (present infinitive allegere, perfect active allēgī, supine allēctum); third conjugation

1. to select, choose, recruit, elect or admit (to or into something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of allegō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	allegō	allegis	allegit	allegimus	allegitis	allegunt
	imperfect	allegēbam	allegēbās	allegēbat	allegēbāmus	allegēbātis	allegēbant
	future	allegam	allegēs	alleget	allegēmus	allegētis	allegent
	perfect	allēgī	allēgistī	allēgit	allēgimus	allēgistis	allēgērunt, allēgēre
	pluperfect	allēgeram	allēgerās	allēgerat	allēgerāmus	allēgerātis	allēgerant
	future perfect	allēgerō	allēgeris	allēgerit	allēgerimus	allēgeritis	allēgerint
passive	present	allegor	allegeris, allegere	allegitur	allegimur	allegiminī	alleguntur
	imperfect	allegēbar	allegēbāris, allegēbāre	allegēbātur	allegēbāmur	allegēbāminī	allegēbantur
	future	allegar	allegēris, allegēre	allegētur	allegēmur	allegēminī	allegentur
	perfect	allēctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	allēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	allēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	allegam	allegās	allegat	allegāmus	allegātis	allegant
	imperfect	allegerem	allegerēs	allegeret	allegerēmus	allegerētis	allegerent
	perfect	allēgerim	allēgerīs	allēgerit	allēgerīmus	allēgerītis	allēgerint
	pluperfect	allēgissem	allēgissēs	allēgisset	allēgissēmus	allēgissētis	allēgissent
passive	present	allegar	allegāris, allegāre	allegātur	allegāmur	allegāminī	allegantur
	imperfect	allegerer	allegerēris, allegerēre	allegerētur	allegerēmur	allegerēminī	allegerentur
	perfect	allēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	allēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	allege	—	—	allegite	—
	future	—	allegitō	allegitō	—	allegitōte	alleguntō
passive	present	—	allegere	—	—	allegiminī	—
	future	—	allegitor	allegitor	—	—	alleguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		allegere	allēgisse	allēctūrum esse	allegī	allēctum esse	allēctum īrī
participles		allegēns	—	allēctūrus	—	allēctus	allegendus, allegundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		allegendī	allegendō	allegendum	allegendō	allēctum	allēctū

Derived terms

• allectīvus (Mediaeval)
• allēctor
• allēctūra
• allēctus

Related terms

• colligō
• dīligō
• ēligō
• intellegō
• legō
• neglegō
• perlegō
• praelegō
• relegō
• sēligō
• sublegō

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: aleg, aleadziri
• Dalmatian: alege
• Old Italian: alleggere
• Romanian: alege, alegere
• → English: adlect

Etymology 2

From ad- +‎ lēgō (“despatch”).

Alternative forms

• adlēgō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈleː.ɡoː/, [älˈlʲeːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈle.ɡo/, [älˈlɛːɡo]

Verb

allēgō (present infinitive allēgāre, perfect active allēgāvī, supine allēgātum); first conjugation

1. to send someone away with a commission or charge, despatch, depute, employ, commission
2. to instigate someone to an act of fraud or deceit
3. to bring forward, relate, recount, mention, adduce; urge, plead

Conjugation

Conjugation of allēgō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	allēgō	allēgās	allēgat	allēgāmus	allēgātis	allēgant
	imperfect	allēgābam	allēgābās	allēgābat	allēgābāmus	allēgābātis	allēgābant
	future	allēgābō	allēgābis	allēgābit	allēgābimus	allēgābitis	allēgābunt
	perfect	allēgāvī	allēgāvistī	allēgāvit	allēgāvimus	allēgāvistis	allēgāvērunt, allēgāvēre
	pluperfect	allēgāveram	allēgāverās	allēgāverat	allēgāverāmus	allēgāverātis	allēgāverant
	future perfect	allēgāverō	allēgāveris	allēgāverit	allēgāverimus	allēgāveritis	allēgāverint
passive	present	allēgor	allēgāris, allēgāre	allēgātur	allēgāmur	allēgāminī	allēgantur
	imperfect	allēgābar	allēgābāris, allēgābāre	allēgābātur	allēgābāmur	allēgābāminī	allēgābantur
	future	allēgābor	allēgāberis, allēgābere	allēgābitur	allēgābimur	allēgābiminī	allēgābuntur
	perfect	allēgātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	allēgātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	allēgātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	allēgem	allēgēs	allēget	allēgēmus	allēgētis	allēgent
	imperfect	allēgārem	allēgārēs	allēgāret	allēgārēmus	allēgārētis	allēgārent
	perfect	allēgāverim	allēgāverīs	allēgāverit	allēgāverīmus	allēgāverītis	allēgāverint
	pluperfect	allēgāvissem	allēgāvissēs	allēgāvisset	allēgāvissēmus	allēgāvissētis	allēgāvissent
passive	present	allēger	allēgēris, allēgēre	allēgētur	allēgēmur	allēgēminī	allēgentur
	imperfect	allēgārer	allēgārēris, allēgārēre	allēgārētur	allēgārēmur	allēgārēminī	allēgārentur
	perfect	allēgātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	allēgātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	allēgā	—	—	allēgāte	—
	future	—	allēgātō	allēgātō	—	allēgātōte	allēgantō
passive	present	—	allēgāre	—	—	allēgāminī	—
	future	—	allēgātor	allēgātor	—	—	allēgantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		allēgāre	allēgāvisse	allēgātūrum esse	allēgārī	allēgātum esse	allēgātum īrī
participles		allēgāns	—	allēgātūrus	—	allēgātus	allēgandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		allēgandī	allēgandō	allēgandum	allēgandō	allēgātum	allēgātū

Derived terms

• allēgātiō
• allēgātus

Related terms

• ablēgō
• dēlēgō
• lēgō
• praelēgō
• relēgō

Descendants

• → Catalan: al·legar
• → English: allegate
• → French: alléguer
  • → Romanian: alega
• → Galician: alegar
• → Italian: allegare
• → Portuguese: alegar
• → Spanish: alegar

References

• “allego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• allego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “alligere”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 24

Spanish

Verb

allego

1. first-person singular present indicative of allegar