scitor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskiː.tor/, [ˈs̠kiːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.tor/, [ˈʃiːt̪or]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		scītārī, scītārier1	scītātum esse	scītātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		scītāns	scītātus	scītātūrus	—	—	scītandus
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.