pangō

pang-ō

From Proto-Italic *pangō, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂-n-ǵ-, a nasal-infixed form of *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fasten”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to attach, join”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpaŋ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaŋ.ɡo]

Verb

pangō (present infinitive pangere, perfect active pepigī or pānxī or pēgī, supine pānctum or pā̆ctum); third conjugation

1. to fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force in

   Synonyms: cōnserō, cōnfīgō, fīgō, illigō, colligō, ligō, adalligō, nectō, cōnectō, vinculō

   Antonyms: explicō, absolvō, dissolvō, solvō

2. (by extension) to set, plant
   1. (transferred) to beget (children)
3. (chiefly poetic) to compose, make heard or give out
   1. (usually) in verse
   2. (rare) in prose
   3. in song
4. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin, poetic) to celebrate, tell of, record, compose accounts of
5. (figuratively, almost exclusively perfect or participle) to fix, determine
   1. to agree upon, settle

      Synonyms: concordō, condīcō, conveniō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, cōnstō, congruō

      Antonyms: discordō, dissentiō, variō, dissideō, abhorreō

   2. (finance) to settle a price or monetary value
   3. to make an agreement, pledge

      Synonyms: pacīscor, ī̆cō, percutiō, feriō

      1. (of marital matters) to promise, pledge, arrange, undertake to perform

         Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, stipulor, ostentō, profiteor, polliceor, prōmittō

      2. (almost exclusively of women) to betroth, promise in wedlock

Usage notes

The third principal part pānxī is very rare; outside a few textually uncertain attestations, the above quotation from Columella is the only place it is found. The perfect pēgī might belong to the archaic form pagō/pacō instead.