scitor
Latin
Etymology
From scīscō (“seek to know; ask, inquire”), from sciō (“know”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskiː.tor/, [ˈskiː.tɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.tor/, [ˈʃiː.tor]
Verb
scītor (present infinitive scītārī, perfect active scītātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I seek to know; ask, inquire, question.
Inflection
| Conjugation of scitor (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | scītor | scītāris, scītāre | scītātur | scītāmur | scītāminī | scītantur |
| imperfect | scītābar | scītābāris, scītābāre | scītābātur | scītābāmur | scītābāminī | scītābantur | |
| future | scītābor | scītāberis, scītābere | scītābitur | scītābimur | scītābiminī | scītābuntur | |
| perfect | scītātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | scītātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | scītātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | scīter | scītēris, scītēre | scītētur | scītēmur | scītēminī | scītentur |
| imperfect | scītārer | scītārēris, scītārēre | scītārētur | scītārēmur | scītārēminī | scītārentur | |
| perfect | scītātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | scītātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | scītāre | — | — | scītāminī | — |
| future | — | scītātor | scītātor | — | — | scītantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | scītārī, scītārier1 | scītātus esse | scītātūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | scītāns | scītātus | scītātūrus | — | — | scītandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| scītārī, scītārier1 | scītandī | scītandō | scītandum | scītātum | scītātū | ||
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested for this verb.
Derived terms
- scītātiō
Related terms
- sciō
- scīscō
- scītāmenta
- scītē
- scītulus
- scītum
- scītus
References
- scitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scitor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette