perpetro
Catalan
Verb
perpetro
- first-person singular present indicative of perpetrar
Italian
Verb
perpetro
- first-person singular present indicative of perpetrare
Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through, across”) + patrō (“to bring to pass, perform, accomplish”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.pɛ.troː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.pe.t̪ro]
Verb
perpetrō (present infinitive perpetrāre, perfect active perpetrāvī, supine perpetrātum); first conjugation
- to carry through, complete, effect, bring about, achieve, execute, perform, accomplish
- to commit or perpetrate
- to succeed
Conjugation
Conjugation of perpetrō (first conjugation)
Descendants
- Catalan: perpetrar
- → English: perpetrate (via Middle English perpetrat)
- French: perpétrer
- Italian: perpetrare
- Spanish: perpetrar
References
- “perpetro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perpetro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perpetro in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- perpetro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- after having performed the sacrifice (with due ritual): rebus divinis (rite) perpetratis
- after having performed the sacrifice (with due ritual): rebus divinis (rite) perpetratis
Portuguese
Verb
perpetro
- first-person singular present indicative of perpetrar
Spanish
Verb
perpetro
- first-person singular present indicative of perpetrar