oscito
Latin
Alternative forms
- ōscitor
Etymology
From ōs (“mouth”) + citō (“cause to move”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈoːs.ki.toː/, [ˈoːs.kɪ.toː]
Verb
ōscitō (present infinitive ōscitāre, perfect active ōscitāvī, supine ōscitātum); first conjugation, no passive
- I open my mouth, gape
- I open out, unfold
- I gape with weariness, yawn
Conjugation
| Conjugation of ōscitō (first conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | ōscitō | ōscitās | ōscitat | ōscitāmus | ōscitātis | ōscitant |
| imperfect | ōscitābam | ōscitābās | ōscitābat | ōscitābāmus | ōscitābātis | ōscitābant | |
| future | ōscitābō | ōscitābis | ōscitābit | ōscitābimus | ōscitābitis | ōscitābunt | |
| perfect | ōscitāvī | ōscitāvistī | ōscitāvit | ōscitāvimus | ōscitāvistis | ōscitāvērunt, ōscitāvēre | |
| pluperfect | ōscitāveram | ōscitāverās | ōscitāverat | ōscitāverāmus | ōscitāverātis | ōscitāverant | |
| future perfect | ōscitāverō | ōscitāveris | ōscitāverit | ōscitāverimus | ōscitāveritis | ōscitāverint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | ōscitem | ōscitēs | ōscitet | ōscitēmus | ōscitētis | ōscitent |
| imperfect | ōscitārem | ōscitārēs | ōscitāret | ōscitārēmus | ōscitārētis | ōscitārent | |
| perfect | ōscitāverim | ōscitāverīs | ōscitāverit | ōscitāverīmus | ōscitāverītis | ōscitāverint | |
| pluperfect | ōscitāvissem | ōscitāvissēs | ōscitāvisset | ōscitāvissēmus | ōscitāvissētis | ōscitāvissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | ōscitā | — | — | ōscitāte | — |
| future | — | ōscitātō | ōscitātō | — | ōscitātōte | ōscitantō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | ōscitāre | ōscitāvisse | ōscitātūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | ōscitāns | — | ōscitātūrus | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| ōscitandī | ōscitandō | ōscitandum | ōscitandō | ōscitātum | ōscitātū | ||
Derived terms
- ōscitābundus
- ōscitanter
- ōscitāns
- ōscitātiō
Descendants
- English: oscitate
- Portuguese: oscitar, bocejar (possibly)
- Spanish: acezar, bostezar
- Tarantino: descetare
References
- oscito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- oscito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oscito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette