respondeo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ spondeō (“promise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /reˈspon.de.oː/

• Audio (Classical)

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Verb

present active respondeō, present infinitive respondēre, perfect active respondī, supine respōnsum. (limited passive)

1. I reply, answer, respond.
2. (figuratively) I measure up.
3. I am present, I appear, attend; meet or answer (a charge).
4. (of a sound) I re-echo, resound.
5. I meet, agree, accord or correspond with, conform to.
6. I make a return, yield.

Inflection

• The passive voice is limited to third-person singular forms.

    Second Conjugation No Passive

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	respondeō	respondēs	respondet	respondēmus	respondētis	respondent
	future	respondēbō	respondēbis	respondēbit	respondēbimus	respondēbitis	respondēbunt
	imperfect	respondēbam	respondēbās	respondēbat	respondēbāmus	respondēbātis	respondēbant
	perfect	respondī	respondistī	respondit	respondimus	respondistis	respondērunt
	future perfect	responderō	responderis	responderit	responderimus	responderitis	responderint
	pluperfect	responderam	responderās	responderat	responderāmus	responderātis	responderant
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	respondeam	respondeās	respondeat	respondeāmus	respondeātis	respondeant
	imperfect	respondērem	respondērēs	respondēret	respondērēmus	respondērētis	respondērent
	perfect	responderim	responderīs	responderit	responderīmus	responderītis	responderint
	pluperfect	respondissem	respondissēs	respondisset	respondissēmus	respondissētis	respondissent
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	respondē	respondētō	respondētō	—	—	—
	plural	respondēte	respondētōte	respondentō	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		respondēre	respondisse	respōnsūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		respondēns (respondentis)	—	respōnsūrus-ra, -rum	—	—	—

Derived terms

• respondeat superior
• respōnsiō
• respōnsitō
• respōnsīvus
• respōnsō

• respōnsor
• respōnsōria
• respōnsum
• respōnsus

Related terms

• cōnspondeō
• dēspondeō
• spondeō

Descendants

• Aromanian: respun, respunere
• Catalan: respondre
• English: respond
• French: répondre
• Friulian: rispuindi
• Italian: rispondere

• Occitan: respónder, respondre
• Portuguese: responder
• Romanian: răspunde
• Romansch: respunder, raspunder, respuonder, rispunder
• Sardinian: respúndiri, arraspundi, rispòndhere, rispònnere
• Spanish: responder

References

• respondeo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879