pertineo

Latin

Etymology

From per- (“through”) +‎ teneō (“I hold”). Compare, on composition and meaning, with the later formed perteneō (“to hold constantly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈti.ne.oː/, [pɛrˈt̪ɪneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈti.ne.o/, [perˈt̪iːneo]

Verb

pertineō (present infinitive pertinēre, perfect active pertinuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to extend, stretch out, reach, matter
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:

     Aquitania a Garumna flumine ad Pyrenaeos montes et eam partem Oceani quae est ad Hispaniam pertinet; spectat inter occasum solis et septentriones.

     Aquitania extends from the river Garonne to the Pyrenaean mountains and to that part of the ocean which is near Spain: it looks between the setting of the sun, and the north star.

2. to belong, relate, pertain, have concern
3. to have a tendency to, tend to
4. to be the property of, belong to; to be attributable to

Usage notes

The verb takes the preposition ad, very rarely in or per, governing the Accusative.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pertineō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pertineō	pertinēs	pertinet	pertinēmus	pertinētis	pertinent
	imperfect	pertinēbam	pertinēbās	pertinēbat	pertinēbāmus	pertinēbātis	pertinēbant
	future	pertinēbō	pertinēbis	pertinēbit	pertinēbimus	pertinēbitis	pertinēbunt
	perfect	pertinuī	pertinuistī	pertinuit	pertinuimus	pertinuistis	pertinuērunt, pertinuēre
	pluperfect	pertinueram	pertinuerās	pertinuerat	pertinuerāmus	pertinuerātis	pertinuerant
	future perfect	pertinuerō	pertinueris	pertinuerit	pertinuerimus	pertinueritis	pertinuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pertineam	pertineās	pertineat	pertineāmus	pertineātis	pertineant
	imperfect	pertinērem	pertinērēs	pertinēret	pertinērēmus	pertinērētis	pertinērent
	perfect	pertinuerim	pertinuerīs	pertinuerit	pertinuerīmus	pertinuerītis	pertinuerint
	pluperfect	pertinuissem	pertinuissēs	pertinuisset	pertinuissēmus	pertinuissētis	pertinuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pertinē	—	—	pertinēte	—
	future	—	pertinētō	pertinētō	—	pertinētōte	pertinentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pertinēre	pertinuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		pertinēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pertinendī	pertinendō	pertinendum	pertinendō	—	—

Derived terms

• appertineō
• pertināx
• pertinēns
• pertinenter

Related terms

• abstineō
• attineō
• circumteneō
• contineō
• dētineō
• distineō
• obtineō
• retineō
• sustineō
• teneō
• trānstineō

Descendants

• Asturian: pertener, pertenecer
• Catalan: pertànyer (in part)
• → English: pertain
• Galician: pertencer
• Italian: pertenere
• Old Catalan: pertenir
• Portuguese: pertencer
• Sicilian: pirtèniri
• Spanish: pertenecer, pertener
• → Welsh: perthyn

References

• “pertineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pertineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pertineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the territory of this race extends as far as the Rhine: haec gens pertinet usque ad Rhenum
    
  • to be essentially important to a thing: pertinere ad aliquid
    
  • a wise man is in no way affected by this: hoc nihil ad sapientem pertinet
    
  • a suspicion falls on some one: suspicio (alicuius rei) cadit in aliquem, pertinet ad aliquem
    
  • the necessaries of life: quae ad victum pertinent