scitor
Latin
Etymology
From scīscō (“seek to know; ask, inquire”), from sciō (“know”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskiː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈʃiː.t̪or]
Verb
scītor (present infinitive scītārī or scītārier, perfect active scītātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
Conjugation
Conjugation of scītor (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 | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | scītārī, scītārier1 |
— | scītāns | — | |||||||||
| future | scītātūrum esse | — | scītātūrus | scītandus | |||||||||
| perfect | scītātum esse | — | scītātus | — | |||||||||
| future perfect | scītātum fore | — | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | scītātūrum fuisse | — | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| scītandī | scītandō | scītandum | scītandō | scītātum | scītātū | ||||||||
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Related terms
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.