oscito

oscito

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ōs (“mouth”) + citō (“to cause to move”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ōscitō (present infinitive ōscitāre, perfect active ōscitāvī, supine ōscitātum); first conjugation, no passive

    1. to open one's mouth, gape
    2. to open out, unfold
    3. to gape with weariness, yawn

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of ōscitō (first conjugation, no passive)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present ōscitō ōscitās ōscitat ōscitāmus ōscitātis ōscitant
    imperfect ōscitābam ōscitābās ōscitābat ōscitābāmus ōscitābātis ōscitābant
    future ōscitābō ōscitābis ōscitābit ōscitābimus ōscitābitis ōscitābunt
    perfect ōscitāvī ōscitāvistī ōscitāvit ōscitāvimus ōscitāvistis ōscitāvērunt,
    ōscitāvēre
    pluperfect ōscitāveram ōscitāverās ōscitāverat ōscitāverāmus ōscitāverātis ōscitāverant
    future perfect ōscitāverō ōscitāveris ōscitāverit ōscitāverimus ōscitāveritis ōscitāverint
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present ōscitem ōscitēs ōscitet ōscitēmus ōscitētis ōscitent
    imperfect ōscitārem ōscitārēs ōscitāret ōscitārēmus ōscitārētis ōscitārent
    perfect ōscitāverim ōscitāverīs ōscitāverit ōscitāverīmus ōscitāverītis ōscitāverint
    pluperfect ōscitāvissem ōscitāvissēs ōscitāvisset ōscitāvissēmus ōscitāvissētis ōscitāvissent
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — ōscitā — — ōscitāte —
    future — ōscitātō ōscitātō — ōscitātōte ōscitantō
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present ōscitāre — ōscitāns —
    future ōscitātūrum esse — ōscitātūrus —
    perfect ōscitāvisse — — —
    perfect potential ōscitātūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    ōscitandī ōscitandō ōscitandum ōscitandō ōscitātum ōscitātū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • ⇒ Italian: spannecitare
      • ⇒ Tarantino: descetare
    • Ibero-Romance:
    • Borrowings:

    References

    • “oscito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “oscito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “oscito”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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