abaestumo
See also: abæstumo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈbae̯s.tʊ.moː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈbɛs.t̪u.mo]
Verb
abaestumō (present infinitive abaestumāre, perfect active abaestumāvī, supine abaestumātum); first conjugation
- (Old Latin) to determine the total value of something
- 2009, Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights (in English), page 67:
- Invenimus autem in Conmentario Nigidiano, verbum “autumo” compositum ex “ab” praepositione et verbo “aestumo” dictumque intercise “autumo” quasi “abaestumo,” quod significaret “totum aestumo,” tamquam “abnumero.” Sed, quod sit cum honore multo dictum P. Nigidii, hominis eruditissimi, audacius hoc argutiusque esse videtur quam verius.
- But I have found in the Commentary of Nigidius that the verb autumo is formed from the preposition ab and the verb aestumo (estimate) and that autumo is a contracted form of abaestumo, signifying totum aestumo, on the analogy of abnumero. But, be it said with great respect for Publius Nigidius, a most learned man, this seems to be rather bold and clever than true.
Conjugation
Conjugation of abaestumō (first conjugation)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | abaestumō | abaestumās | abaestumat | abaestumāmus | abaestumātis | abaestumant | ||||||
| imperfect | abaestumābam | abaestumābās | abaestumābat | abaestumābāmus | abaestumābātis | abaestumābant | |||||||
| future | abaestumābō | abaestumābis | abaestumābit | abaestumābimus | abaestumābitis | abaestumābunt | |||||||
| perfect | abaestumāvī | abaestumāvistī | abaestumāvit | abaestumāvimus | abaestumāvistis | abaestumāvērunt, abaestumāvēre | |||||||
| pluperfect | abaestumāveram | abaestumāverās | abaestumāverat | abaestumāverāmus | abaestumāverātis | abaestumāverant | |||||||
| future perfect | abaestumāverō | abaestumāveris | abaestumāverit | abaestumāverimus | abaestumāveritis | abaestumāverint | |||||||
| passive | present | abaestumor | abaestumāris, abaestumāre |
abaestumātur | abaestumāmur | abaestumāminī | abaestumantur | ||||||
| imperfect | abaestumābar | abaestumābāris, abaestumābāre |
abaestumābātur | abaestumābāmur | abaestumābāminī | abaestumābantur | |||||||
| future | abaestumābor | abaestumāberis, abaestumābere |
abaestumābitur | abaestumābimur | abaestumābiminī | abaestumābuntur | |||||||
| perfect | abaestumātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | abaestumātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| future perfect | abaestumātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | abaestumem | abaestumēs | abaestumet | abaestumēmus | abaestumētis | abaestument | ||||||
| imperfect | abaestumārem | abaestumārēs | abaestumāret | abaestumārēmus | abaestumārētis | abaestumārent | |||||||
| perfect | abaestumāverim | abaestumāverīs | abaestumāverit | abaestumāverīmus | abaestumāverītis | abaestumāverint | |||||||
| pluperfect | abaestumāvissem | abaestumāvissēs | abaestumāvisset | abaestumāvissēmus | abaestumāvissētis | abaestumāvissent | |||||||
| passive | present | abaestumer | abaestumēris, abaestumēre |
abaestumētur | abaestumēmur | abaestumēminī | abaestumentur | ||||||
| imperfect | abaestumārer | abaestumārēris, abaestumārēre |
abaestumārētur | abaestumārēmur | abaestumārēminī | abaestumārentur | |||||||
| perfect | abaestumātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | abaestumātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | abaestumā | — | — | abaestumāte | — | ||||||
| future | — | abaestumātō | abaestumātō | — | abaestumātōte | abaestumantō | |||||||
| passive | present | — | abaestumāre | — | — | abaestumāminī | — | ||||||
| future | — | abaestumātor | abaestumātor | — | — | abaestumantor | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | abaestumāre | abaestumārī | abaestumāns | — | |||||||||
| future | abaestumātūrum esse | abaestumātum īrī | abaestumātūrus | abaestumandus | |||||||||
| perfect | abaestumāvisse | abaestumātum esse | — | abaestumātus | |||||||||
| future perfect | — | abaestumātum fore | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | abaestumātūrum fuisse | — | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| abaestumandī | abaestumandō | abaestumandum | abaestumandō | abaestumātum | abaestumātū | ||||||||
References
- Garcea, Alessandro (2019) “Nigidius Figulus’ Naturalism”, in Language and Nature in the Classical Roman World, Cambridge University Press, page 102