oscito

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ōs (“mouth”) +‎ citō (“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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