cito

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

cito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of citar

Esperanto

Etymology

From citi +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

Noun

cito (accusative singular citon, plural citoj, accusative plural citojn)

  1. quotation, citation
    Synonym: citaĵo

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin citō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ci‧to

Noun

cito (first-person possessive citoku, second-person possessive citomu, third-person possessive citonya)

  1. (medicine) quickly, fast.
    Synonym: spoed

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: cì‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin citō.

Adverb

cito

  1. soon
  2. at once

Etymology 2

Verb

cito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of citare

Further reading

  • cito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From citus +‎ .

Adverb

citō (comparative citius, superlative citissimē)

  1. quickly, fast
    Synonym: celeriter
  2. soon, before long, within a short time
Descendants
  • Asturian: ceo
  • Italian: cito
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: cedo
  • Spanish: cedo, cito

Etymology 2

From cieō (move, stir) +‎ -tō.

Verb

citō (present infinitive citāre, perfect active citāvī, supine citātum); first conjugation

  1. to cause to move, excite
    Synonyms: eccitō, incitō, excitō, instinguō, instigō, inflammō, sollicitō
  2. to summon, invite, call
    Synonyms: prōvocō, advocō, ēvocō, invocō, invitō, inclāmō, arcessō, acciō, exciō
Conjugation
   Conjugation of citō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present citō citās citat citāmus citātis citant
imperfect citābam citābās citābat citābāmus citābātis citābant
future citābō citābis citābit citābimus citābitis citābunt
perfect citāvī citāvistī citāvit citāvimus citāvistis citāvērunt,
citāvēre
pluperfect citāveram citāverās citāverat citāverāmus citāverātis citāverant
future perfect citāverō citāveris citāverit citāverimus citāveritis citāverint
passive present citor citāris,
citāre
citātur citāmur citāminī citantur
imperfect citābar citābāris,
citābāre
citābātur citābāmur citābāminī citābantur
future citābor citāberis,
citābere
citābitur citābimur citābiminī citābuntur
perfect citātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect citātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect citātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present citem citēs citet citēmus citētis citent
imperfect citārem citārēs citāret citārēmus citārētis citārent
perfect citāverim citāverīs citāverit citāverīmus citāverītis citāverint
pluperfect citāvissem citāvissēs citāvisset citāvissēmus citāvissētis citāvissent
passive present citer citēris,
citēre
citētur citēmur citēminī citentur
imperfect citārer citārēris,
citārēre
citārētur citārēmur citārēminī citārentur
perfect citātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect citātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present citā citāte
future citātō citātō citātōte citantō
passive present citāre citāminī
future citātor citātor citantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives citāre citāvisse citātūrum esse citārī,
citārier1
citātum esse citātum īrī
participles citāns citātūrus citātus citandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
citandī citandō citandum citandō citātum citātū

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

Derived terms
Descendants

References

  • cito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to quote a passage of Plato: locum Platonis afferre, proferre (not citare)
    • to cite a person to give evidence on a matter: aliquem testem alicuius rei (in aliquid) citare
    • (ambiguous) at full gallop: equo citato or admisso
    • (ambiguous) to advance rapidly: citato gradu incedere (cf. sect. II. 5)

Lombard

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

cito

  1. shh, hush, silence

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

cito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of citar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθito/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsito/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: ci‧to

Verb

cito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of citar