capto
See also: captó and captò
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkap.to/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈkap.tu/
Verb
capto
- first-person singular present indicative form of captar
Italian
Verb
capto
- first-person singular present indicative of captare
Anagrams
- copta
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkap.toː/, [ˈkäpt̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkap.to/, [ˈkäpt̪o]
Etymology 1
From capiō (“take, capture”) + -tō. See captus.
Alternative forms
- captiō (Late Latin) (see for further descendants)
Verb
captō (present infinitive captāre, perfect active captāvī, supine captātum); first conjugation
- I strive to seize, catch or grasp at
- (figuratively) I seek, aim at
Conjugation
| Conjugation of captō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | captō | captās | captat | captāmus | captātis | captant |
| imperfect | captābam | captābās | captābat | captābāmus | captābātis | captābant | |
| future | captābō | captābis | captābit | captābimus | captābitis | captābunt | |
| perfect | captāvī | captāvistī | captāvit | captāvimus | captāvistis | captāvērunt, captāvēre | |
| pluperfect | captāveram | captāverās | captāverat | captāverāmus | captāverātis | captāverant | |
| future perfect | captāverō | captāveris | captāverit | captāverimus | captāveritis | captāverint | |
| passive | present | captor | captāris, captāre | captātur | captāmur | captāminī | captantur |
| imperfect | captābar | captābāris, captābāre | captābātur | captābāmur | captābāminī | captābantur | |
| future | captābor | captāberis, captābere | captābitur | captābimur | captābiminī | captābuntur | |
| perfect | captātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | captātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | captātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | captem | captēs | captet | captēmus | captētis | captent |
| imperfect | captārem | captārēs | captāret | captārēmus | captārētis | captārent | |
| perfect | captāverim | captāverīs | captāverit | captāverīmus | captāverītis | captāverint | |
| pluperfect | captāvissem | captāvissēs | captāvisset | captāvissēmus | captāvissētis | captāvissent | |
| passive | present | capter | captēris, captēre | captētur | captēmur | captēminī | captentur |
| imperfect | captārer | captārēris, captārēre | captārētur | captārēmur | captārēminī | captārentur | |
| perfect | captātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | captātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | captā | — | — | captāte | — |
| future | — | captātō | captātō | — | captātōte | captantō | |
| passive | present | — | captāre | — | — | captāminī | — |
| future | — | captātor | captātor | — | — | captantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | captāre | captāvisse | captātūrum esse | captārī | captātum esse | captātum īrī | |
| participles | captāns | — | captātūrus | — | captātus | captandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| captandī | captandō | captandum | captandō | captātum | captātū | ||
Derived terms
- captābilis
- captātiō
- captātor
- captitō
- disceptō
Related terms
- capiō
- capsa
- capsārius
- capsella
- capsula
- capsus
- capta
- captātōrius
- captātrīx
- captensula
- captiō
- captiōsē
- captiōsus
- captitō
- captiuncula
- captīva
- captīvātiō
- captīvātor
- captīvitās
- captīvō
- captīvus
- captor
- captrīx
- captūra
- captus
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: caftu, cãftari
- Romanian: căuta, căutare
- Dalmatian:
- catur, catuar
- Padanian:
- Friulian: cjatâ, čhatâ
- Ligurian: catâr (“to buy”)
- Piedmontese: caté (“to buy”)
- Romansch: chattar, cattar, catar, chatter
- Venetian: catar
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Nord-Occitan: chaptar (“to buy”)
- Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: catar
- Extremaduran: cazal
- Old Portuguese: catar
- Galician: catar
- Portuguese: catar
- Spanish: catar
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *accaptō (see there for further descendants)
- Borrowings
- → Catalan: captar
- → Dutch: capteren
- → French: capter
- → Galician: captar
- → Italian: captare
- → Occitan: captar
- → Portuguese: captar
- → Spanish: captar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
captō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of captus
References
- “capto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “capto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- capto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to try and raise a laugh: risum captare
- to court popularity: auram popularem captare (Liv. 3. 33)
- to try and raise a laugh: risum captare
Portuguese
Verb
capto
- first-person singular present indicative of captar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkabto/ [ˈkaβ̞.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -abto
- Syllabification: cap‧to
Verb
capto
- first-person singular present indicative of captar