oppeto

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Latin

Etymology

From ob- +‎ petō.

Pronunciation

Verb

oppetō (present infinitive oppetere, perfect active oppetīvī or oppetiī, supine oppetītum); third conjugation

  1. to go to meet; to encounter
  2. to perish (encounter death)

Conjugation

References

  • oppeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • oppeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oppeto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to meet death (by violence): mortem oppetere