"percontor" meaning in Latin

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Verb

IPA: /perˈkon.tor/ [Classical], [pɛrˈkɔn̪t̪ɔr] [Classical], /perˈkon.tor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [perˈkɔn̪t̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain, suggestions include: * from contus (“stick, pole; plummet”), as if "to probe, to feel the depth with a (long) pole"; * from cūnctor (this appears semantically unconvincing and more likely simply influenced by it, as in the Vulgar Latin derivative below, but compare Japanese 掛ける); * from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask”). Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{m|la|contus||stick, pole; plummet}} contus (“stick, pole; plummet”), {{m|la|cūnctor}} cūnctor, {{m+|ja|掛ける}} Japanese 掛ける, {{der|la|ine-pro|*preḱ-||to ask}} Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask”) Head templates: {{la-verb|1+.p3inf|percontor}} percontor (present infinitive percontārī or percontārier, perfect active percontātus sum); first conjugation, deponent Inflection templates: {{la-conj|1+.p3inf|percontor}} Forms: percontārī [infinitive, present], percontārier [infinitive, present], percontātus sum [active, perfect], conjugation-1 deponent [table-tags], percontor [active, first-person, indicative, present, singular], percontāris [active, indicative, present, second-person, singular], percontāre [active, indicative, present, second-person, singular], percontātur [active, indicative, present, singular, third-person], percontāmur [active, first-person, indicative, plural, present], percontāminī [active, indicative, plural, present, second-person], percontantur [active, indicative, plural, present, third-person], percontābar [active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], percontābāris [active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], percontābāre [active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], percontābātur [active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], percontābāmur [active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], percontābāminī [active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], percontābantur [active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], percontābor [active, first-person, future, indicative, singular], percontāberis [active, future, indicative, second-person, singular], percontābere [active, future, indicative, second-person, singular], percontābitur [active, future, indicative, singular, third-person], percontābimur [active, first-person, future, indicative, plural], percontābiminī [active, future, indicative, plural, second-person], percontābuntur [active, future, indicative, plural, third-person], percontātus + present active indicative of sum [active, indicative, perfect], percontātus + imperfect active indicative of sum [active, indicative, pluperfect], percontātus + future active indicative of sum [active, future, indicative, perfect], perconter [active, first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], percontēris [active, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], percontēre [active, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], percontētur [active, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], percontēmur [active, first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], percontēminī [active, plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], percontentur [active, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], percontārer [active, first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], percontārēris [active, imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], percontārēre [active, imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], percontārētur [active, imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], percontārēmur [active, first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], percontārēminī [active, imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], percontārentur [active, imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], percontātus + present active subjunctive of sum [active, perfect, subjunctive], percontātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum [active, pluperfect, subjunctive], - [active, first-person, imperative, present, singular], percontāre [active, imperative, present, second-person, singular], - [active, imperative, present, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperative, plural, present], percontāminī [active, imperative, plural, present, second-person], - [active, imperative, plural, present, third-person], - [active, first-person, future, imperative, singular], percontātor [active, future, imperative, second-person, singular], percontātor [active, future, imperative, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, future, imperative, plural], - [active, future, imperative, plural, second-person], percontantor [active, future, imperative, plural, third-person], percontārī [active, infinitive, present], percontārier [active, infinitive, present], percontātum esse [active, infinitive, perfect], percontātūrum esse [active, future, infinitive], - [infinitive, passive, present], - [infinitive, passive, perfect], - [future, infinitive, passive], percontāns [active, participle, present], percontātus [active, participle, perfect], percontātūrus [active, future, participle], - [participle, passive, present], - [participle, passive, perfect], percontandus [future, participle, passive], percontandī [genitive, gerund, noun-from-verb], percontandō [dative, gerund, noun-from-verb], percontandum [accusative, gerund, noun-from-verb], percontandō [ablative, gerund, noun-from-verb], percontātum [accusative, noun-from-verb, supine], percontātū [ablative, noun-from-verb, supine]
  1. to inquire, investigate, interrogate, question strictly Tags: conjugation-1, deponent Synonyms: scīscitor, quaerō, scīscō, indāgō, requīrō, investīgō, interrogō, explōrō, percontō, percūnctor Derived forms: percontativus, percontatiō, percontatorius, percontātor, percontātrīx
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Inflected forms

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        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "percontāre",
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    },
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    {
      "form": "-",
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        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "percontātor",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātor",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "percontārī",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontārier",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātum esse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātūrum esse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
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        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "percontāns",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātūrus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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    },
    {
      "form": "percontandus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "participle",
        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "percontandī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontandō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontandum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontandō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1+.p3inf",
        "2": "percontor"
      },
      "expansion": "percontor (present infinitive percontārī or percontārier, perfect active percontātus sum); first conjugation, deponent",
      "name": "la-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1+.p3inf",
        "2": "percontor"
      },
      "name": "la-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "percontativus"
        },
        {
          "word": "percontatiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "percontatorius"
        },
        {
          "word": "percontātor"
        },
        {
          "word": "percontātrīx"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to inquire, investigate, interrogate, question strictly"
      ],
      "id": "en-percontor-la-verb-XQmeJqPM",
      "links": [
        [
          "inquire",
          "inquire"
        ],
        [
          "investigate",
          "investigate"
        ],
        [
          "interrogate",
          "interrogate"
        ],
        [
          "question",
          "question"
        ],
        [
          "strictly",
          "strictly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "scīscitor"
        },
        {
          "word": "quaerō"
        },
        {
          "word": "scīscō"
        },
        {
          "word": "indāgō"
        },
        {
          "word": "requīrō"
        },
        {
          "word": "investīgō"
        },
        {
          "word": "interrogō"
        },
        {
          "word": "explōrō"
        },
        {
          "word": "percontō"
        },
        {
          "word": "percūnctor"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "deponent"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/perˈkon.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɛrˈkɔn̪t̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/perˈkon.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[perˈkɔn̪t̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "percontor"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "percontativus"
    },
    {
      "word": "percontatiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "percontatorius"
    },
    {
      "word": "percontātor"
    },
    {
      "word": "percontātrīx"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "percontare",
            "3": "precontare",
            "4": "pregontare",
            "5": "pregontari"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: percontare, precontare, pregontare, pregontari",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Sardinian: percontare, precontare, pregontare, pregontari"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc-src",
            "2": "pregontari"
          },
          "expansion": "Logudorese: pregontari",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Logudorese: pregontari"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*praecunctāre",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *praecunctāre",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *praecunctāre (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "percontatorial",
            "3": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ English: percontatorial",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ English: percontatorial"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "contus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "stick, pole; plummet"
      },
      "expansion": "contus (“stick, pole; plummet”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cūnctor"
      },
      "expansion": "cūnctor",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "掛ける"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 掛ける",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*preḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to ask"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain, suggestions include:\n* from contus (“stick, pole; plummet”), as if \"to probe, to feel the depth with a (long) pole\";\n* from cūnctor (this appears semantically unconvincing and more likely simply influenced by it, as in the Vulgar Latin derivative below, but compare Japanese 掛ける);\n* from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "percontārī",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontārier",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātus sum",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conjugation-1 deponent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontāris",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontāre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontāmur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontāminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontantur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābāris",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābāre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābātur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābāmur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābāminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābantur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontāberis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābitur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābimur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābiminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontābuntur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātus + present active indicative of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātus + imperfect active indicative of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātus + future active indicative of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perconter",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontēris",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontēre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontētur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontēmur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontēminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontentur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontārer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontārēris",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontārēre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontārētur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontārēmur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontārēminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontārentur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātus + present active subjunctive of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "perfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontāre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontāminī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontantor",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontārī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontārier",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātum esse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātūrum esse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontāns",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātūrus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontandus",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontandī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontandō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontandum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontandō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "percontātū",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1+.p3inf",
        "2": "percontor"
      },
      "expansion": "percontor (present infinitive percontārī or percontārier, perfect active percontātus sum); first conjugation, deponent",
      "name": "la-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1+.p3inf",
        "2": "percontor"
      },
      "name": "la-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin deponent verbs",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first conjugation deponent verbs",
        "Latin first conjugation verbs",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Latin verbs",
        "Latin verbs with red links in their inflection tables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to inquire, investigate, interrogate, question strictly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inquire",
          "inquire"
        ],
        [
          "investigate",
          "investigate"
        ],
        [
          "interrogate",
          "interrogate"
        ],
        [
          "question",
          "question"
        ],
        [
          "strictly",
          "strictly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "scīscitor"
        },
        {
          "word": "quaerō"
        },
        {
          "word": "scīscō"
        },
        {
          "word": "indāgō"
        },
        {
          "word": "requīrō"
        },
        {
          "word": "investīgō"
        },
        {
          "word": "interrogō"
        },
        {
          "word": "explōrō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-1",
        "deponent"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/perˈkon.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɛrˈkɔn̪t̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/perˈkon.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[perˈkɔn̪t̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "percontō"
    },
    {
      "word": "percūnctor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "percontor"
}

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