scitor

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskiː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈʃiː.tor]

Etymology 1

Verb

scītor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of sciō

Etymology 2

From scīscō (“seek to know; ask, inquire”), from sciō (“know”).

Verb

scītor (present infinitive scītārī or scītārier, perfect active scītātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to seek to know; ask, inquire, question
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.114–115:

     suspensi Eurypylum scitatum oracula Phoebi mittimus

     We in suspense send Eurypylus to question the oracles of Apollo

Conjugation

   Conjugation of scītor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	scītor		scītāris, scītāre		scītātur		scītāmur		scītāminī		scītantur
	imperfect	scītābar		scītābāris, scītābāre		scītābātur		scītābāmur		scītābāminī		scītābantur
	future	scītābor		scītāberis, scītābere		scītābitur		scītābimur		scītābiminī		scītābuntur
	perfect	scītātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	scītātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	scītātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	scīter		scītēris, scītēre		scītētur		scītēmur		scītēminī		scītentur
	imperfect	scītārer		scītārēris, scītārēre		scītārētur		scītārēmur		scītārēminī		scītārentur
	perfect	scītātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	scītātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		scītāre		—		—		scītāminī		—
	future	—		scītātor		scītātor		—		—		scītantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		scītārī, scītārier1			—			scītāns			—
future		scītātūrum esse			—			scītātūrus			scītandus
perfect		scītātum esse			—			scītātus			—
future perfect		scītātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		scītātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		scītandī		scītandō		scītandum		scītandō		scītātum		scītātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

• scītātiō

Related terms

• sciō
• scīscō
• scītāmenta
• scītē
• scītulus
• scītum
• scītus

References

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