existimo

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See also: existimó

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ex- +‎ aestimō.

Pronunciation

Verb

exīstimō (present infinitive exīstimāre, perfect active exīstimāvī, supine exīstimātum); first conjugation

  1. to think or suppose
    Synonyms: putō, cōgitō, sentiō, arbitror, crēdō, reor
  2. to estimate, judge or consider
    Synonyms: cōnsīderō, reputō, putō, arbitror, iūdicō, cēnseō

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

References

  • existimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • existimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • existimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • that is exactly what I think: ita prorsus existimo
    • (ambiguous) a (competent, intelligent, subtle) critic: existimator (doctus, intellegens, acerrimus)

Spanish

Verb

existimo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of existimar