oportet

Latin

Etymology

For *opvortet, from vertō (“to turn”). Some refer the op- to ob-, some to opus, with which compare the similar expressions opus est and operam dare.

See also ligō, vinciō for other examples of words meaning to bind or turn, having derivatives with the sense of obliging.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈpor.tet/, [ɔˈpɔr.tɛt]

Verb

oportet (present infinitive oportēre, perfect active oportuit); second conjugation, impersonal, no passive

  1. (with accusative) it is necessary, proper, becoming; it behooves.
    oportet nos patriam amare — it behooves us to love our country.
    non te oportebat illi argentum reddere — you ought not to have paid him the money.

Inflection
   Conjugation of oportet (second conjugation, impersonal, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — oportet — — —
imperfect — — oportēbat — — —
future — — oportēbit — — —
perfect — — oportuit — — —
pluperfect — — oportuerat — — —
future perfect — — oportuerit — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — oporteat — — —
imperfect — — oportēret — — —
perfect — — oportuerit — — —
pluperfect — — oportuisset — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — — — — —
future — — oportētō — — —
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives oportēre oportuisse — — — —
participles oportēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
oportēre oportendī oportendō oportendum — —

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References
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