eo
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Abbreviation
eo
[edit] Breton
[edit] Verb
eo
- is (is)
This Breton entry was created from the translations listed at is. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see eo in the Breton Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) September 2009
[edit] Latin
[edit] Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA: /ˈe.oː/
- Audio (Classical)help, file
[edit] Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-. Cognate with Ancient Greek εἶμι (eimi), “‘I go’”), Sanskrit एति (éti), “‘goes’”), Hittite 𒄿𒄿𒀀𒋫𒋫 (iyatta), “‘goes’”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎫𐎡𐎹 (aitiy), “‘goes’”), Old Church Slavonic ити (iti).
[edit] Verb
present active eō, present infinitive īre, perfect active iī, supine itum. (irregular)
- I go.
- I proceed, advance.
- I result, happen as a consequence.
- I prepare (for some action); I set about.
- (law) I accede, go over to the opposing opinion or other side in voting.
- (business) I go for; I am sold at (a certain price).
[edit] Usage notes
The basic meaning "go" applies to any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.
[edit] Inflection
Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to iī, but occasionally appears as īvī. Likewise, the perfect active infinitive and pluperfect subjunctive stem are most often contracted to isse, but rarely can be found in the full form iisse.
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | eō | īs | it | īmus | ītis | eunt |
| future | ībō | ībis | ībit | ībimus | ībitis | ībunt | |
| imperfect | ībam | ībās | ībat | ībāmus | ībātis | ībant | |
| perfect | iī, īvī | istī | iit | iimus | istis | iērunt | |
| pluperfect | ieram | ierās | ierat | ierāmus | ierātis | ierant | |
| future perfect | ierō | ieris | ierit | ierimus | ieritis | ierint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | eam | eās | eat | eāmus | eātis | eant |
| imperfect | īrem | īrēs | īret | īrēmus | īrētis | īrent | |
| perfect | ierim | ierīs | ierit | ierīmus | ierītis | ierint | |
| pluperfect | issem | issēs | isset | issēmus | issētis | issent | |
| imperatives | active | passive | |||||
| present (you) | future (you) | future (he/she) | present (you) | future (you) | future (he/she) | ||
| singular | ī | ītō | ītō | — | — | — | |
| plural | īte | ītōte | euntō | — | — | — | |
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | īre | isse | itūrus esse | īrī | itum esse | — | |
| participles | iēns (euntis) | — | itūrus -ra, -rum | — | itum | — | |
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Descendants
[edit] Etymology 2
From the ablative (and old dative) of the masculine pronoun is (“‘he, it’”).
[edit] Adverb
eō (not comparable)
- (with abl. or loc.) there, in that place.
- (with ablative) therefore, because, for that reason.
- (with quo, of quantity) so much, by so much.
- (with dative, of motion) to that place, thither.
- (with dative, of tendency) to that end, with that purpose.
- (with dative, of time) until, so long, up to that time.
[edit] References
- “eo” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)