oppugno
See also: oppugnò
Italian
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /opˈpuɡ.noː/, [ɔpˈpʊŋnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /opˈpuɲ.ɲo/, [opˈpuɲːo]
Verb
oppugnō (present infinitive oppugnāre, perfect active oppugnāvī, supine oppugnātum); first conjugation
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").
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
- oppugnantia
- oppugnātiō
- oppugnātor
- oppugnātōrius
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “oppugno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oppugno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oppugno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to attack, overthrow a tyranny: imperium oppugnare, percellere
- to storm a town: oppidum oppugnare
- to attack, overthrow a tyranny: imperium oppugnare, percellere
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