adbito

adbito

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Latin baeto
Latin adbītō

    From ad- (“to, up to, towards”) + baeto (“to go”).

    Verb

    adbītō (present infinitive adbītere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

    1. to approach, to come near, to draw near
      • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 3.4.72–73:
        Namque edepol si adbites propius, os denasabit tibi mordicus.
        That’s right, by Jove! for if you go any nearer, he’ll bite your nose off.

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of adbītō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present adbītō adbītis adbītit adbītimus adbītitis adbītunt
    imperfect adbītēbam adbītēbās adbītēbat adbītēbāmus adbītēbātis adbītēbant
    future adbītam adbītēs adbītet adbītēmus adbītētis adbītent
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present adbītam adbītās adbītat adbītāmus adbītātis adbītant
    imperfect adbīterem adbīterēs adbīteret adbīterēmus adbīterētis adbīterent
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — adbīte — — adbītite —
    future — adbītitō adbītitō — adbītitōte adbītuntō
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present adbītere — adbītēns —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    adbītendī adbītendō adbītendum adbītendō — —

    References

    • “adbito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “adbito”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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