wacto
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Frankish *wahtjan, *wahtwēn (“to guard, protect”).
Verb[edit]
wactō (present infinitive wactāre, perfect active wactāvī, supine wactātum); first conjugation[1][2]
- (Medieval Latin) to keep watch, perform guard duty
- (Medieval Latin) to guard, watch over
- (Medieval Latin) to lie in wait, ambush
Conjugation[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “wactare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 118
- ^ wactare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)