"oportet" meaning in Latin

See oportet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /oˈpor.tet/ [Classical-Latin], [ɔˈpɔrt̪ɛt̪] [Classical-Latin], /oˈpor.tet/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [oˈpɔrt̪et̪] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: For *opvortet, from Proto-Indo-European *wortéyeti, causative stem (2nd conjugation) of the root of vertō (“to turn”) (3rd conjugation). 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. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*wert-}}, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*wortéyeti}} Proto-Indo-European *wortéyeti Head templates: {{la-verb|2.nopass|oportet|oportu}} oportet (present infinitive oportēre, perfect active oportuit); second conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem Inflection templates: {{la-conj|2.nopass|oportet|oportu}} Forms: oportet [canonical], no passive [canonical], oportēre [infinitive, present], oportuit [active, perfect], conjugation-2 no-supine [table-tags], - [active, first-person, indicative, present, singular], - [active, indicative, present, second-person, singular], oportet [active, indicative, present, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, indicative, plural, present], - [active, indicative, plural, present, second-person], - [active, indicative, plural, present, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], - [active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], oportēbat [active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], - [active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], - [active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], - [active, first-person, future, indicative, singular], - [active, future, indicative, second-person, singular], oportēbit [active, future, indicative, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, future, indicative, plural], - [active, future, indicative, plural, second-person], - [active, future, indicative, plural, third-person], - [active, first-person, indicative, perfect, singular], - [active, indicative, perfect, second-person, singular], oportuit [active, indicative, perfect, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, indicative, perfect, plural], - [active, indicative, perfect, plural, second-person], - [active, indicative, perfect, plural, third-person], - [active, first-person, indicative, pluperfect, singular], - [active, indicative, pluperfect, second-person, singular], oportuerat [active, indicative, pluperfect, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, indicative, pluperfect, plural], - [active, indicative, pluperfect, plural, second-person], - [active, indicative, pluperfect, plural, third-person], - [active, first-person, future, indicative, perfect, singular], - [active, future, indicative, perfect, second-person, singular], oportuerit [active, future, indicative, perfect, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, future, indicative, perfect, plural], - [active, future, indicative, perfect, plural, second-person], - [active, future, indicative, perfect, plural, third-person], - [active, first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], - [active, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], oporteat [active, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], - [active, first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], - [active, plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], - [active, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], - [active, imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], oportēret [active, imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], - [active, imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], - [active, imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], - [active, first-person, perfect, singular, subjunctive], - [active, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], oportuerit [active, perfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], - [active, first-person, perfect, plural, subjunctive], - [active, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], - [active, perfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], - [active, first-person, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive], - [active, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], oportuisset [active, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], - [active, first-person, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive], - [active, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], - [active, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperative, present, singular], - [active, imperative, present, second-person, singular], - [active, imperative, present, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperative, plural, present], - [active, imperative, plural, present, second-person], - [active, imperative, plural, present, third-person], - [active, first-person, future, imperative, singular], - [active, future, imperative, second-person, singular], oportētō [active, future, imperative, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, future, imperative, plural], - [active, future, imperative, plural, second-person], - [active, future, imperative, plural, third-person], oportēre [active, infinitive, present], oportuisse [active, infinitive, perfect], - [active, future, infinitive], - [infinitive, passive, present], - [infinitive, passive, perfect], - [future, infinitive, passive], oportēns [active, participle, present], - [active, participle, perfect], - [active, future, participle], - [participle, passive, present], - [participle, passive, perfect], - [future, participle, passive], oportendī [genitive, gerund, noun-from-verb], oportendō [dative, gerund, noun-from-verb], oportendum [accusative, gerund, noun-from-verb], oportendō [ablative, gerund, noun-from-verb], - [accusative, noun-from-verb, supine], - [ablative, noun-from-verb, supine]
  1. (with accusative) to be necessary, proper, becoming; to behoove Tags: conjugation-2, impersonal, no-supine, with-accusative Synonyms: dēbeō, necesse est, opus est Derived forms: oporteō

Inflected forms

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            "1": "io",
            "2": "oportar"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ido: oportar"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wert-"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "For *opvortet, from Proto-Indo-European *wortéyeti, causative stem (2nd conjugation) of the root of vertō (“to turn”) (3rd conjugation). Some refer the op- to ob-, some to opus, with which compare the similar expressions opus est and operam dare.\nSee also ligō, vinciō for other examples of words meaning to bind or turn, having derivatives with the sense of obliging.",
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      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "oportēre",
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        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oportuit",
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        "active",
        "perfect"
      ]
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    {
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      "form": "la-conj",
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    {
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "-",
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    },
    {
      "form": "oportēret",
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "oportuerit",
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "oportuisset",
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      "tags": [
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        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "pluperfect",
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        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "oportētō",
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        "active",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "-",
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        "second-person"
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    {
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "oportēre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oportuisse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oportēns",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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          "text": "oportet nos patriam amare"
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          "text": "non te oportebat illi argentum reddere"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oportēns",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "future",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oportendī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oportendō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oportendum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oportendō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "gerund",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "supine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2.nopass",
        "2": "oportet",
        "3": "oportu"
      },
      "expansion": "oportet (present infinitive oportēre, perfect active oportuit); second conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem",
      "name": "la-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2.nopass",
        "2": "oportet",
        "3": "oportu"
      },
      "name": "la-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin active-only verbs",
        "Latin defective verbs",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin impersonal verbs",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin second conjugation verbs",
        "Latin second conjugation verbs with missing supine stem",
        "Latin second conjugation verbs with perfect in -u-",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wert-",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms prefixed with ob-",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin verbs",
        "Latin verbs with missing supine stem",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "it behooves us to love our country.",
          "text": "oportet nos patriam amare"
        },
        {
          "english": "you ought not to have paid him the money.",
          "text": "non te oportebat illi argentum reddere"
        },
        {
          "english": "You must live for others if you wish to live for yourself.",
          "ref": "c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 48.2",
          "text": "Alteri vivas oportet, si vis tibi vivere."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be necessary, proper, becoming; to behoove"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "necessary",
          "necessary"
        ],
        [
          "proper",
          "proper"
        ],
        [
          "becoming",
          "becoming"
        ],
        [
          "behoove",
          "behoove"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with accusative) to be necessary, proper, becoming; to behoove"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-2",
        "impersonal",
        "no-supine",
        "with-accusative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈpor.tet/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔˈpɔrt̪ɛt̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈpor.tet/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[oˈpɔrt̪et̪]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dēbeō"
    },
    {
      "word": "necesse est"
    },
    {
      "word": "opus est"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oportet"
}

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