adbito

Latin

Etymology

From ad- (to, up to, towards) + bīto (I go); confer bēto (I go).

Verb

adbītō (present infinitive adbītere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine forms

  1. I approach, I come near, I draw near
    • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi :
      Namque edepol si adbites propius, os denasabit tibi mordicus.
      That’s right, by Jove! for if you go any nearer, he’ll bite your nose off.

Inflection

   Conjugation of adbito (third conjugation, defective, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present adbītō adbītis adbītit adbītimus adbītitis adbītunt
imperfect adbītēbam adbītēbās adbītēbat adbītēbāmus adbītēbātis adbītēbant
future adbītam adbītēs adbītet adbītēmus adbītētis adbītent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present adbītam adbītās adbītat adbītāmus adbītātis adbītant
imperfect adbīterem adbīterēs adbīteret adbīterēmus adbīterētis adbīterent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present adbīte adbītite
future adbītitō adbītitō adbītitōte adbītuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives adbītere
participles adbītēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
adbītere adbītendī adbītendō adbītendum

References

  • adbito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adbito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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