Latin verb
dō
dō, dare, dedī, datum
dō is a Latin verb. In the 4 analysed lines it was read in, it means “Give” (once), “given” (once), “have given” (once) and “you will give” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from dō to the words it goes with.
Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios temptaris numeros.
You should not ask—it is forbidden to know—what end the gods have given to me, what end to you, Leuconoe, nor should you consult Babylonian calculations.
dederint: clause completing quaesieris.
Id cum libenter accepissem atque ab eo petere coepissem ne dubitaret ducere, tum ille ‘Faciam,’ inquit, ‘si mihi fidem quam postulo dederis.’
When I had gladly accepted that and had begun to beg it from him that he should not hesitate to lead, then he said, “I will do it, if you give me the trust that I ask for.”
dederis: clause explaining Faciam.
Da mi basia mille, deinde centum, dein mille altera, dein…
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then another thousand, then a second hundred, then continually another thousand, then a hundred, then, when we have made many thousands, we will mix them up, lest we know, or lest any evil person be able to envy, when he knows there are so many kisses.
Da: the main verb of the sentence.
Id ego iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc aetatem ita conservavi, ut nemini dubium…
I have so preserved that oath given to my father up to this age, that it ought to be doubtful to no one that I will be of the same mind for the remaining time.”
datum: describes iusiurandum as a participle or clause.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| da | 2nd person · Singular · Present · Imperative · Active | 1 |
| datum | Accusative · Singular · Neuter · Perfect passive participle | 1 |
| dederint | 3rd person · Plural · Perfect · Subjunctive · Active | 1 |
| dederis | 2nd person · Singular · Future · Subjunctive · Active | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to dō by an arc in these lines, most often first.