-tito
Latin
Alternative forms
- -sitō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ti.toː/, [t̪ɪt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ti.to/, [t̪it̪o] (stressed on the antipenult)
Suffix
-titō (present infinitive -titāre, perfect active -titāvī, supine -titātum); first conjugation
- Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs.
Usage notes
Many verbs ending in -titō are simply "double frequentatives", formed to already-frequentative verbs in -tō, and are therefore not truly uses of this suffix. However, some verbs exist where the "intermediate" single frequentative is missing, e.g.:
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -titō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | -titō | -titās | -titat | -titāmus | -titātis | -titant |
| imperfect | -titābam | -titābās | -titābat | -titābāmus | -titābātis | -titābant | |
| future | -titābō | -titābis | -titābit | -titābimus | -titābitis | -titābunt | |
| perfect | -titāvī | -titāvistī | -titāvit | -titāvimus | -titāvistis | -titāvērunt, -titāvēre | |
| pluperfect | -titāveram | -titāverās | -titāverat | -titāverāmus | -titāverātis | -titāverant | |
| future perfect | -titāverō | -titāveris | -titāverit | -titāverimus | -titāveritis | -titāverint | |
| sigmatic future1 | -titāssō | -titāssis | -titāssit | -titāssimus | -titāssitis | -titāssint | |
| passive | present | -titor | -titāris, -titāre |
-titātur | -titāmur | -titāminī | -titantur |
| imperfect | -titābar | -titābāris, -titābāre |
-titābātur | -titābāmur | -titābāminī | -titābantur | |
| future | -titābor | -titāberis, -titābere |
-titābitur | -titābimur | -titābiminī | -titābuntur | |
| perfect | -titātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | -titātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | -titātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| sigmatic future1 | -titāssor | -titāsseris | -titāssitur | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | -titem | -titēs | -titet | -titēmus | -titētis | -titent |
| imperfect | -titārem | -titārēs | -titāret | -titārēmus | -titārētis | -titārent | |
| perfect | -titāverim | -titāverīs | -titāverit | -titāverīmus | -titāverītis | -titāverint | |
| pluperfect | -titāvissem | -titāvissēs | -titāvisset | -titāvissēmus | -titāvissētis | -titāvissent | |
| sigmatic aorist1 | -titāssim | -titāssīs | -titāssīt | -titāssīmus | -titāssītis | -titāssint | |
| passive | present | -titer | -titēris, -titēre |
-titētur | -titēmur | -titēminī | -titentur |
| imperfect | -titārer | -titārēris, -titārēre |
-titārētur | -titārēmur | -titārēminī | -titārentur | |
| perfect | -titātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | -titātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | -titā | — | — | -titāte | — |
| future | — | -titātō | -titātō | — | -titātōte | -titantō | |
| passive | present | — | -titāre | — | — | -titāminī | — |
| future | — | -titātor | -titātor | — | — | -titantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | -titāre | -titāvisse | -titātūrum esse | -titārī, -titārier2 |
-titātum esse | -titātum īrī | |
| participles | -titāns | — | -titātūrus | — | -titātus | -titandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| -titandī | -titandō | -titandum | -titandō | -titātum | -titātū | ||
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). It is also attested as having a rare sigmatic future passive indicative form ("will have been"), which is not attested in the plural for any verb.
2The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.