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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
cito
- first-person singular present indicative of citar
Esperanto
Etymology
From citi + -o.
Pronunciation
Noun
cito (accusative singular citon, plural citoj, accusative plural citojn)
- quotation, citation
- Synonym: citaĵo
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin citō.
Pronunciation
Noun
cito (first-person possessive citoku, second-person possessive citomu, third-person possessive citonya)
- (medicine) quickly, fast.
- Synonym: spoed
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.to/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: cì‧to
Etymology 1
From Latin citō.
Adverb
cito
- soon
- at once
Etymology 2
Verb
cito
- 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 + -ō.
Adverb
citō (comparative citius, superlative citissimē)
- quickly, fast
- Synonym: celeriter
- soon, before long, within a short time
Descendants
Etymology 2
From cieō (“move, stir”) + -tō.
Verb
citō (present infinitive citāre, perfect active citāvī, supine citātum); first conjugation
- to cause to move, excite
- Synonyms: eccitō, incitō, excitō, instinguō, instigō, inflammō, sollicitō
- to summon, invite, call
- Synonyms: prōvocō, advocō, ēvocō, invocō, invitō, inclāmō, arcessō, acciō, exciō
Conjugation
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
Pronunciation
Interjection
cito
- shh, hush, silence
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
cito
- 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
- first-person singular present indicative of citar