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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈɔp.to/
- Rhymes: -ɔpto
- Hyphenation: co‧òp‧to
Verb
coopto
- first-person singular present indicative of cooptare
Latin
Etymology
From con- + optō.
Pronunciation
Verb
cooptō (present infinitive cooptāre, perfect active cooptāvī, supine cooptātum); first conjugation
- to choose, elect
- to co-opt
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
Descendants
References
- “coopto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coopto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coopto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
coopto
- first-person singular present indicative of cooptar
Spanish
Verb
coopto
- first-person singular present indicative of cooptar