ausculto

See also: auscultó and auscultò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əwsˈkul.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əwsˈkul.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [awsˈkul.to]

Verb

ausculto

1. first-person singular present indicative of auscultar

Italian

Verb

ausculto

1. first-person singular present indicative of auscultare

Latin

Alternative forms

• ascultō

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *auskoltā, from aus-, the original stem of auris (“ear”), + Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to incline”), related to Modern German Halde (“mountainside”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈkul.toː/, [äu̯s̠ˈkʊɫ̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈkul.to/, [äu̯sˈkul̪t̪o]

Verb

auscultō (present infinitive auscultāre, perfect active auscultāvī, supine auscultātum); first conjugation

1. To listen; hear.
2. To believe (what one has heard).
3. To obey; heed.

Conjugation

Conjugation of auscultō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	auscultō	auscultās	auscultat	auscultāmus	auscultātis	auscultant
	imperfect	auscultābam	auscultābās	auscultābat	auscultābāmus	auscultābātis	auscultābant
	future	auscultābō	auscultābis	auscultābit	auscultābimus	auscultābitis	auscultābunt
	perfect	auscultāvī	auscultāvistī	auscultāvit	auscultāvimus	auscultāvistis	auscultāvērunt, auscultāvēre
	pluperfect	auscultāveram	auscultāverās	auscultāverat	auscultāverāmus	auscultāverātis	auscultāverant
	future perfect	auscultāverō	auscultāveris	auscultāverit	auscultāverimus	auscultāveritis	auscultāverint
passive	present	auscultor	auscultāris, auscultāre	auscultātur	auscultāmur	auscultāminī	auscultantur
	imperfect	auscultābar	auscultābāris, auscultābāre	auscultābātur	auscultābāmur	auscultābāminī	auscultābantur
	future	auscultābor	auscultāberis, auscultābere	auscultābitur	auscultābimur	auscultābiminī	auscultābuntur
	perfect	auscultātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	auscultātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	auscultātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	auscultem	auscultēs	auscultet	auscultēmus	auscultētis	auscultent
	imperfect	auscultārem	auscultārēs	auscultāret	auscultārēmus	auscultārētis	auscultārent
	perfect	auscultāverim	auscultāverīs	auscultāverit	auscultāverīmus	auscultāverītis	auscultāverint
	pluperfect	auscultāvissem	auscultāvissēs	auscultāvisset	auscultāvissēmus	auscultāvissētis	auscultāvissent
passive	present	ausculter	auscultēris, auscultēre	auscultētur	auscultēmur	auscultēminī	auscultentur
	imperfect	auscultārer	auscultārēris, auscultārēre	auscultārētur	auscultārēmur	auscultārēminī	auscultārentur
	perfect	auscultātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	auscultātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	auscultā	—	—	auscultāte	—
	future	—	auscultātō	auscultātō	—	auscultātōte	auscultantō
passive	present	—	auscultāre	—	—	auscultāminī	—
	future	—	auscultātor	auscultātor	—	—	auscultantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		auscultāre	auscultāvisse	auscultātūrum esse	auscultārī	auscultātum esse	auscultātum īrī
participles		auscultāns	—	auscultātūrus	—	auscultātus	auscultandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		auscultandī	auscultandō	auscultandum	auscultandō	auscultātum	auscultātū

Related terms

• auscultātiō
• auscultātor

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: auscultar
• → English: auscultate, auscult
• → Esperanto: aŭskulti
• → Franco-Provençal: ôscultar
• → French: ausculter
• → Italian: auscultare
• → Portuguese: auscultar
• → Romanian: ausculta
• → Spanish: auscultar

Reflexes of the variant ascultāre (in many cases remodelled to *excultāre):

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: ascultu
  • Romanian: asculta
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ascoltare
    • → Ido: askoltar
    • → Interlingua: ascoltar
  • Sicilian: ascutari
• Western Romance of N. Italy:
  • Friulian: scoltâ
  • Istriot: scoltà
  • Ladin: scuter
  • Lombard: scoltar, ehcoltar
  • Piedmontese: scoté
  • Venetian: scoltar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: escoltar
  • Franco-Provençal: ahcutar
  • Old French: escouter, ascolter, escolter, esculter, eskolter
    • Middle French: escouter
      • French: écouter
    • Norman: êcouter
    • Picard: acouter
    • Walloon: hoûter
    • → Middle English: scouten
      • English: scout
  • Occitan: escotar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: ascuitar, escuitar, escutiar
    • Ribagorçan: escultar, ascultar
  • Asturian: escuchar, escuitar, escueitar, ascuchar, ascuitar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: ascoitar, ascuitar
    • Galician: escoitar, escuitar, escutar, escutiar
    • Portuguese: escutar, escuitar
  • Old Spanish: ascuchar
    • Spanish: escuchar
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: aiscultare, aiscurtare, ascultare

See also

• audiō

References

• “ausculto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ausculto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ausculto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

• oculātus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awsˈkuw.tu/ [aʊ̯sˈkuʊ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awsˈkuw.tu/ [aʊ̯sˈkuʊ̯.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awʃˈkuw.tu/ [aʊ̯ʃˈkuʊ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awsˈkuw.to/ [aʊ̯sˈkuʊ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awʃˈkul.tu/ [awʃˈkuɫ.tu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ultu, (Brazil) -uwtu
• Hyphenation: aus‧cul‧to

Verb

ausculto

1. first-person singular present indicative of auscultar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ausˈkulto/ [au̯sˈkul̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Syllabification: aus‧cul‧to

Verb

ausculto

1. first-person singular present indicative of auscultar