capto

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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
    1. (by extension) to strive to see or hear
  2. (figuratively) to seek, aim at
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants

(See also cattō.)

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1984) “catar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume 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/
  • Rhymes: -abto
  • Syllabification: cap‧to

Verb

capto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of captar