oppugno

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See also: oppugnò

Italian

Verb

oppugno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of oppugnare

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ob- +‎ pugnō (fight, struggle).

Pronunciation

Verb

oppugnō (present infinitive oppugnāre, perfect active oppugnāvī, supine oppugnātum); first conjugation

  1. to attack, assault, storm, besiege
    Synonyms: invādō, incurrō, impetō, aggredior, invehō, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, irrumpō, adorior, inruō, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, appetō, incidō, arripiō, assiliō, incessō, lacessō
    Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō

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").
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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References

  • oppugno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • oppugno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oppugno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to attack, overthrow a tyranny: imperium oppugnare, percellere
    • to storm a town: oppidum oppugnare