scitor

Latin

Etymology

From scīscō (“seek to know; ask, inquire”), from sciō (“know”).

Pronunciation

Verb

scītor (present infinitive scītārī or scītārier, perfect active scītātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to seek to know; ask, inquire, question
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.114–115:
      suspensi Eurypylum scitatum oracula Phoebi mittimus
      We in suspense send Eurypylus to question the oracles of Apollo

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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives scītārī,
scītārier1		 scītātum esse scītātūrum esse — — —
participles scītāns scītātus scītātūrus — — scītandus
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

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.
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