investio

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ vestiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈu̯es.ti.oː/, [ɪnˈu̯ɛs̠t̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈves.ti.o/, [iɱˈvɛst̪io]

Verb

investiō (present infinitive investīre, perfect active investīvī, supine investītum); fourth conjugation

1. to clothe in
2. to cover

Conjugation

Conjugation of investiō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	investiō	investīs	investit	investīmus	investītis	investiunt
	imperfect	investiēbam	investiēbās	investiēbat	investiēbāmus	investiēbātis	investiēbant
	future	investiam	investiēs	investiet	investiēmus	investiētis	investient
	perfect	investīvī	investīvistī	investīvit	investīvimus	investīvistis	investīvērunt, investīvēre
	pluperfect	investīveram	investīverās	investīverat	investīverāmus	investīverātis	investīverant
	future perfect	investīverō	investīveris	investīverit	investīverimus	investīveritis	investīverint
passive	present	investior	investīris, investīre	investītur	investīmur	investīminī	investiuntur
	imperfect	investiēbar	investiēbāris, investiēbāre	investiēbātur	investiēbāmur	investiēbāminī	investiēbantur
	future	investiar	investiēris, investiēre	investiētur	investiēmur	investiēminī	investientur
	perfect	investītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	investītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	investītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	investiam	investiās	investiat	investiāmus	investiātis	investiant
	imperfect	investīrem	investīrēs	investīret	investīrēmus	investīrētis	investīrent
	perfect	investīverim	investīverīs	investīverit	investīverīmus	investīverītis	investīverint
	pluperfect	investīvissem	investīvissēs	investīvisset	investīvissēmus	investīvissētis	investīvissent
passive	present	investiar	investiāris, investiāre	investiātur	investiāmur	investiāminī	investiantur
	imperfect	investīrer	investīrēris, investīrēre	investīrētur	investīrēmur	investīrēminī	investīrentur
	perfect	investītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	investītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	investī	—	—	investīte	—
	future	—	investītō	investītō	—	investītōte	investiuntō
passive	present	—	investīre	—	—	investīminī	—
	future	—	investītor	investītor	—	—	investiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		investīre	investīvisse	investītūrum esse	investīrī	investītum esse	investītum īrī
participles		investiēns	—	investītūrus	—	investītus	investiendus, investiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		investiendī	investiendō	investiendum	investiendō	investītum	investītū

Descendants

• Aromanian: nvescu, anvescu, nvishteari / nvest, nvãshteri
• Catalan: envestir, → investir (learned)
• Dutch: investeren
• English: invest
• French: investir
• German: investieren
  • → Hungarian: invesztál
• Italian: investire
• Occitan: envestir
• Portuguese: investir
• Romanian: învește, învești
• Sardinian: inbestire
• Sicilian: mmèstiri
• Spanish: investir, envestir, embestir

References

• “investio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• investio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• investio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.