flagito

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Noun

flagito (accusative singular flagiton, plural flagitoj, accusative plural flagitojn)

  1. singular past nominal passive participle of flagi

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂- (“to swing back and forth”), whence also flagrum. In that case cognate to Old Norse blaka, blakra (“to flap, flutter”), Lithuanian blokšti (“to throw, fling”).

Pronunciation

Verb

flāgitō (present infinitive flāgitāre, perfect active flāgitāvī, supine flāgitātum); first conjugation

  1. to demand, require
    Synonyms: requīrō, exposcō, precor, petō, repetō, rogitō, exigō, exorō
    Reliquōs nōn dēsīderāret sōlum, sed etiam posceret et flāgitāret.
    He would not only desire the remaining things, but would also ask and demand them.
  2. to entreat or solicit
    Synonyms: supplicō, ōrō, obsecrō, expetō, efflāgitō, rogō, ērogō, quaesō
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.16:
      Interim cotidie Caesar Haeduos frumentum, quod essent publice polliciti, flagitare.
      Meanwhile, Caesar kept daily importuning the Aedui for the corn which they had promised in the name of their state.
  3. to accuse

Conjugation

   Conjugation of flāgitō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present flāgitō flāgitās flāgitat flāgitāmus flāgitātis flāgitant
imperfect flāgitābam flāgitābās flāgitābat flāgitābāmus flāgitābātis flāgitābant
future flāgitābō flāgitābis flāgitābit flāgitābimus flāgitābitis flāgitābunt
perfect flāgitāvī flāgitāvistī flāgitāvit flāgitāvimus flāgitāvistis flāgitāvērunt,
flāgitāvēre
pluperfect flāgitāveram flāgitāverās flāgitāverat flāgitāverāmus flāgitāverātis flāgitāverant
future perfect flāgitāverō flāgitāveris flāgitāverit flāgitāverimus flāgitāveritis flāgitāverint
passive present flāgitor flāgitāris,
flāgitāre 		flāgitātur flāgitāmur flāgitāminī flāgitantur
imperfect flāgitābar flāgitābāris,
flāgitābāre 		flāgitābātur flāgitābāmur flāgitābāminī flāgitābantur
future flāgitābor flāgitāberis,
flāgitābere 		flāgitābitur flāgitābimur flāgitābiminī flāgitābuntur
perfect flāgitātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect flāgitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect flāgitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present flāgitem flāgitēs flāgitet flāgitēmus flāgitētis flāgitent
imperfect flāgitārem flāgitārēs flāgitāret flāgitārēmus flāgitārētis flāgitārent
perfect flāgitāverim flāgitāverīs flāgitāverit flāgitāverīmus flāgitāverītis flāgitāverint
pluperfect flāgitāvissem flāgitāvissēs flāgitāvisset flāgitāvissēmus flāgitāvissētis flāgitāvissent
passive present flāgiter flāgitēris,
flāgitēre 		flāgitētur flāgitēmur flāgitēminī flāgitentur
imperfect flāgitārer flāgitārēris,
flāgitārēre 		flāgitārētur flāgitārēmur flāgitārēminī flāgitārentur
perfect flāgitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect flāgitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — flāgitā — — flāgitāte —
future — flāgitātō flāgitātō — flāgitātōte flāgitantō
passive present — flāgitāre — — flāgitāminī —
future — flāgitātor flāgitātor — — flāgitantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives flāgitāre flāgitāvisse flāgitātūrum esse flāgitārī,
flāgitārier1 		flāgitātum esse flāgitātum īrī
participles flāgitāns — flāgitātūrus — flāgitātus flāgitandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
flāgitandī flāgitandō flāgitandum flāgitandō flāgitātum flāgitātū

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

Derived terms

References

  • “flagito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “flagito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • flagito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “flāgitō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
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