baeto

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See also: baéto

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. The original form must have been baetō, with regular reduction to -bītō in non-initial syllables (later extended to the simple verb, as with fessus), while bētō is due to rural monophthongisation. See also arbiter.

Pronunciation

Verb

baetō (present infinitive baetere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to go
    Synonyms: vādō, ambulō, deambulō, camminō, adeō, obeō, pergō, , gradior, cēdō, īnferō

Conjugation

1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “baetō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68

Further reading

  • bēto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • baeto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • baeto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)