Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/opeō

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This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

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Etymology

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From probable earlier form *opejō, as in all the verbs of second conjugation. Disputed.

  • Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- (to reach, seize), whence also apīscor (to reach, seize), and Sanskrit आप् (āp, to reach), Hittite [script needed] (epp-zi / app-, to reach); and Hittite [script needed] (pai-i / pi-, to give), Lycian [script needed] (pije-, to give), and possibly Albanian jap (to give).[1]
  • Traditionally connected to Latin opīnor (to believe), though this is semantically difficult to explain.
  • Semantic differences oppose also any connection to *h₃ep- (to work), whence Latin opus.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “needs more refs aside from de Vaan”)

Verb

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*opeō first-singular present indicative[1]

  1. to choose, grab

Inflection

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Inflection of *opeō (second conjugation causative)
Present *opeō
Perfect
Aorist
Past participle *opetos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *opeō *opeōr
2nd sing. *opēs *opēzo
3rd sing. *opēt *opētor
1st plur. *opēmos *opēmor
2nd plur. *opētes *opēm(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *opeont *opeontor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *opeām *opeār
2nd sing. *opeās *opeāzo
3rd sing. *opeād *opeātor
1st plur. *opeāmos *opeāmor
2nd plur. *opeātes *opeām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *opeānd *opeāntor
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing.
2nd sing.
3rd sing.
1st plur.
2nd plur.
3rd plur.
Aorist indicative Active
1st sing.
2nd sing.
3rd sing.
1st plur.
2nd plur.
3rd plur.
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *opē *opēzo
2nd plur. *opēte
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *opētōd
Participles Present Past
*opēnts *opetos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*opetum *opēzi

Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “optō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 431–432