impertio

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From in- +‎ partiō (share).

Pronunciation

Verb

impertiō (present infinitive impertīre, perfect active impertīvī or impertiī, supine impertītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to bestow, impart, entrust
    Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, dēmandō, assignō, mandō, tribuō, īnstituō, elēgō, lēgō, appōnō, prōdō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, committō, dēferō, largior, addīcō
  2. to share
    Synonyms: partiō, cōnsociō, discrībō, tribuō, participō, compartior
  3. to communicate
  4. to make one a sharer or partaker in any thing
    Synonym: implicō

Conjugation

References

  • impertio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • impertio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • impertio in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
  • impertio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to praise, extol, commend a person: laudem tribuere, impertire alicui
    • to greet a person: salutem alicui dicere, impertire, nuntiare
    • to present a person with the freedom of the city: civitatem alicui dare, tribuere, impertire
    • (ambiguous) the usual subjects taught to boys: doctrinae, quibus aetas puerilis impertiri solet (Nep. Att. 1. 2)