oscito

Latin

Alternative forms

• ōscitor

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoːs.kɪ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔʃ.ʃi.to]

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

• ōscitābundus
• ōscitanter
• ōscitāns
• ōscitātiō

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • ⇒ Italian: spannecitare
  • ⇒ Tarantino: descetare
• Ibero-Romance:
  • ⇒? Old Leonese: bocezar
    • Asturian: bociar, bocexar, bocezar
    • Leonese: bocexare
    • Mirandese: bocejar
  • ⇒? Galician: bocexar
  • ⇒? Portuguese: bocejar
  • ⇒ Spanish: acezar, ⇒? bostezar
• Borrowings:
  • → English: oscitate
  • → Esperanto: oscedi
  • → Ido: ocitar
  • → Italian: oscitare
  • → Portuguese: oscitar

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.