impetro
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈim.pe.troː/, [ˈɪmpɛt̪roː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈim.pe.tro/, [ˈimpet̪ro]
Verb
impetrō (present infinitive impetrāre, perfect active impetrāvī, supine impetrātum); first conjugation
- to accomplish, succeed
- to obtain, procure
- Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, lucror, parō, pariō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, potior, inveniō, ūsūrpō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō
- Antonym: āmittō
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.9:
- His cum sua sponte persuadere non possent, legatos ad Dumnorigem Haeduum mittunt, ut eo deprecatore a Sequanis impetrarent.
- As they could not of themselves prevail on them, they send embassadors to Dumnorix the Aeduan, that through his intercession, they might obtain [their request] from the Sequani.
- His cum sua sponte persuadere non possent, legatos ad Dumnorigem Haeduum mittunt, ut eo deprecatore a Sequanis impetrarent.
Conjugation
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").
2The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
3At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
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References
- “impetro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impetro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impetro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to gain one's point with any one: aliquid ab aliquo impetrare
- I cannot bring myself to..: a me impetrare non possum, ut
- to gain one's point with any one: aliquid ab aliquo impetrare
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