impetro

See also: impetró and impetrò

Catalan

Verb

impetro

first-person singular present indicative of impetrar

Italian

Verb

impetro

first-person singular present indicative of impetrare

Anagrams

potermi

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ patrō (“accomplish”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) 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
Synonyms: perficiō, perpetrō, ēvincō, obtineō

Antonyms: discēdō, dēsum, dēlinquō
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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of impetrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impetrō	impetrās	impetrat	impetrāmus	impetrātis	impetrant
	imperfect	impetrābam	impetrābās	impetrābat	impetrābāmus	impetrābātis	impetrābant
	future	impetrābō	impetrābis	impetrābit	impetrābimus	impetrābitis	impetrābunt
	perfect	impetrāvī	impetrāvistī, impetrāstī³	impetrāvit, impetrāt³	impetrāvimus, impetrāmus³	impetrāvistis, impetrāstis³	impetrāvērunt, impetrāvēre, impetrārunt³
	pluperfect	impetrāveram, impetrāram³	impetrāverās, impetrārās³	impetrāverat, impetrārat³	impetrāverāmus, impetrārāmus³	impetrāverātis, impetrārātis³	impetrāverant, impetrārant³
	future perfect	impetrāverō, impetrārō³	impetrāveris, impetrāris³	impetrāverit, impetrārit³	impetrāverimus, impetrārimus³	impetrāveritis, impetrāritis³	impetrāverint, impetrārint³
	sigmatic future¹	impetrāssō	impetrāssis	impetrāssit	impetrāssimus	impetrāssitis	impetrāssint
passive	present	impetror	impetrāris, impetrāre	impetrātur	impetrāmur	impetrāminī	impetrantur
	imperfect	impetrābar	impetrābāris, impetrābāre	impetrābātur	impetrābāmur	impetrābāminī	impetrābantur
	future	impetrābor	impetrāberis, impetrābere	impetrābitur	impetrābimur	impetrābiminī	impetrābuntur
	perfect	impetrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	impetrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	impetrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impetrem	impetrēs	impetret	impetrēmus	impetrētis	impetrent
	imperfect	impetrārem	impetrārēs	impetrāret	impetrārēmus	impetrārētis	impetrārent
	perfect	impetrāverim, impetrārim³	impetrāverīs, impetrārīs³	impetrāverit, impetrārit³	impetrāverīmus, impetrārīmus³	impetrāverītis, impetrārītis³	impetrāverint, impetrārint³
	pluperfect	impetrāvissem, impetrāssem³	impetrāvissēs, impetrāssēs³	impetrāvisset, impetrāsset³	impetrāvissēmus, impetrāssēmus³	impetrāvissētis, impetrāssētis³	impetrāvissent, impetrāssent³
	sigmatic aorist¹	impetrāssim	impetrāssīs	impetrāssīt	impetrāssīmus	impetrāssītis	impetrāssint
passive	present	impetrer	impetrēris, impetrēre	impetrētur	impetrēmur	impetrēminī	impetrentur
	imperfect	impetrārer	impetrārēris, impetrārēre	impetrārētur	impetrārēmur	impetrārēminī	impetrārentur
	perfect	impetrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	impetrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	impetrā	—	—	impetrāte	—
active	future	—	impetrātō	impetrātō	—	impetrātōte	impetrantō
passive	present	—	impetrāre	—	—	impetrāminī	—
passive	future	—	impetrātor	impetrātor	—	—	impetrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		impetrāre	impetrāvisse, impetrāsse³	impetrātūrum esse	impetrārī, impetrārier²	impetrātum esse	impetrātum īrī
participles		impetrāns	—	impetrātūrus	—	impetrātus	impetrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		impetrandī	impetrandō	impetrandum	impetrandō	impetrātum	impetrātū

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.

Derived terms

impetrātiō
impetrō

Descendants

Romanian: împătra
→ Catalan: impetrar
→ English: impetrate
Old Occitan: empetrar
- Franco-Provençal: empétrar
→ Old French: empetrer
- French: impétrer
→ Italian: impetrare
→ Portuguese: impetrar
→ Spanish: impetrar

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^[1], 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

Anagrams

temporī

Portuguese

Verb

impetro

first-person singular present indicative of impetrar

Spanish

Verb

impetro

first-person singular present indicative of impetrar