arbitror

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Latin

Etymology

From arbiter +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

arbitror (present infinitive arbitrārī or arbitrārier, perfect active arbitrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to judge, arbitrate
  2. to witness, observe
  3. to believe, think
    Synonyms: sentio, reor, existimo, cogito, opinor, iudico, censeo, considero
  4. to consider, be of the opinion
    Synonyms: considero, reputo, existimo, puto, pendo
  5. to examine, consider, weigh
    Synonyms: aspiciō, cōnsīderō, circumspiciō, reputō, exsequor

Conjugation

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Descendants

References

  • arbitror in Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch
  • arbitror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arbitror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • arbitror in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to feel superior to the affairs of life: res humanas infra se positas arbitrari
    • to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid infra se ducere or infra se positum arbitrari
  • arbitror in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016