capto

See also: captó and captò

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

capto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of captar

Galician

Verb

capto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of captar

Italian

Verb

capto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of captare

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From capiō (“take, capture”) +‎ -tō. See captus.

Alternative forms

Verb

captō (present infinitive captāre, perfect active captāvī, supine captātum); first conjugation

  1. to strive to seize, catch or grasp at
    (by extension) to strive to see or hear[1]
  2. (figuratively) to seek, aim at
Conjugation
   Conjugation of captō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present captō captās captat captāmus captātis captant
imperfect captābam captābās captābat captābāmus captābātis captābant
future captābō captābis captābit captābimus captābitis captābunt
perfect captāvī captāvistī captāvit captāvimus captāvistis captāvērunt,
captāvēre
pluperfect captāveram captāverās captāverat captāverāmus captāverātis captāverant
future perfect captāverō captāveris captāverit captāverimus captāveritis captāverint
passive present captor captāris,
captāre		 captātur captāmur captāminī captantur
imperfect captābar captābāris,
captābāre		 captābātur captābāmur captābāminī captābantur
future captābor captāberis,
captābere		 captābitur captābimur captābiminī captābuntur
perfect captātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect captātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect captātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present captem captēs captet captēmus captētis captent
imperfect captārem captārēs captāret captārēmus captārētis captārent
perfect captāverim captāverīs captāverit captāverīmus captāverītis captāverint
pluperfect captāvissem captāvissēs captāvisset captāvissēmus captāvissētis captāvissent
passive present capter captēris,
captēre		 captētur captēmur captēminī captentur
imperfect captārer captārēris,
captārēre		 captārētur captārēmur captārēminī captārentur
perfect captātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect captātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — captā — — captāte —
future — captātō captātō — captātōte captantō
passive present — captāre — — captāminī —
future — captātor captātor — — captantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives captāre captāvisse captātūrum esse captārī captātum esse captātum īrī
participles captāns — captātūrus — captātus captandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
captandī captandō captandum captandō captātum captātū
Derived terms
Descendants

(See also cattō.)

  • Balkan Romance: ("search, seek"; possibly via *cabtō)
    • Aromanian: caftu
    • Romanian: căuta, căta
  • North Italian:
  • Vulgar Latin: (see there for further descendants)
  • Borrowings:

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “catar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 920

Further reading
  • “capto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “capto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to try and raise a laugh: risum captare
    • to court popularity: auram popularem captare (Liv. 3. 33)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

captō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of captus

Portuguese

Verb

capto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of captar

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkabto/ [ˈkaβ̞.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -abto
  • Syllabification: cap‧to

Verb

capto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of captar
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