competo

See also: competò

Italian

Verb

competo

first-person singular present indicative of competere

Latin

Alternative forms

conpeto, (Late Latin) conpito

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.pɛ.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.pe.to]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti

Latin petō

Latin competō

From con- (“with, together”) + petō (“to seek, aim, head for”).

Verb

competō (present infinitive competere, perfect active competīvī or competiī, supine competītum); third conjugation

to come together, meet
to agree, coincide in point of time
to be equal to, be capable of

Conjugation

Conjugation of competō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	competō	competis		competit	competimus	competitis		competunt
	imperfect	competēbam	competēbās		competēbat	competēbāmus	competēbātis		competēbant
	future	competam	competēs		competet	competēmus	competētis		competent
	perfect	competīvī, competiī	competīvistī, competiistī		competīvit, competiit	competīvimus, competiimus	competīvistis, competiistis		competīvērunt, competīvēre, competiērunt, competiēre
	pluperfect	competīveram, competieram	competīverās, competierās		competīverat, competierat	competīverāmus, competierāmus	competīverātis, competierātis		competīverant, competierant
	future perfect	competīverō, competierō	competīveris, competieris		competīverit, competierit	competīverimus, competierimus	competīveritis, competieritis		competīverint, competierint
passive	present	competor	competeris, competere		competitur	competimur	competiminī		competuntur
	imperfect	competēbar	competēbāris, competēbāre		competēbātur	competēbāmur	competēbāminī		competēbantur
	future	competar	competēris, competēre		competētur	competēmur	competēminī		competentur
	perfect	competītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	competītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	competītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	competam	competās		competat	competāmus	competātis		competant
	imperfect	competerem	competerēs		competeret	competerēmus	competerētis		competerent
	perfect	competīverim, competierim	competīverīs, competierīs		competīverit, competierit	competīverīmus, competierīmus	competīverītis, competierītis		competīverint, competierint
	pluperfect	competīvissem, competiissem	competīvissēs, competiissēs		competīvisset, competiisset	competīvissēmus, competiissēmus	competīvissētis, competiissētis		competīvissent, competiissent
passive	present	competar	competāris, competāre		competātur	competāmur	competāminī		competantur
	imperfect	competerer	competerēris, competerēre		competerētur	competerēmur	competerēminī		competerentur
	perfect	competītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	competītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	compete		—	—	competite		—
active	future	—	competitō		competitō	—	competitōte		competuntō
passive	present	—	competere		—	—	competiminī		—
passive	future	—	competitor		competitor	—	—		competuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		competere		competī		competēns		—
future		competītūrum esse		competītum īrī		competītūrus		competendus, competundus
perfect		competīvisse, competiisse		competītum esse		—		competītus
future perfect		—		competītum fore		—		—
perfect potential		competītūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		competendī	competendō		competendum	competendō	competītum		competītū

Derived terms

Related terms

compitum (“crossroad”)

Descendants

→ Asturian: competir
→ Catalan: competir
→ English: compete
→ French: compéter
→ Italian: competere
→ Portuguese: competir
→ Spanish: competir

Etymology 2

Noun

competō

dative/ablative singular of competum

References

“competo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“competo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“competo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
competo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Verb

competo

first-person singular present indicative of competer