baeto

See also: baéto

Latin

Alternative forms

• bēto
• bītō

Etymology

Unknown. The original form must have been baetō, with regular reduction to -bītō in non-initial syllables (later extended to the simple verb, as with fessus), while bētō is due to rural monophthongisation. See also arbiter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbae̯.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛː.t̪o]

Verb

baetō (present infinitive baetere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to go

   Synonyms: vādō, ambulō, deambulō, camminō, adeō, obeō, pergō, eō, gradior, cēdō, īnferō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of baetō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	baetō		baetis		baetit		baetimus		baetitis		baetunt
	imperfect	baetēbam		baetēbās		baetēbat		baetēbāmus		baetēbātis		baetēbant
	future	baetam		baetēs		baetet		baetēmus		baetētis		baetent
	sigmatic future1	baesō		baesis		baesit		baesimus		baesitis		baesint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	baetam		baetās		baetat		baetāmus		baetātis		baetant
	imperfect	baeterem		baeterēs		baeteret		baeterēmus		baeterētis		baeterent
	sigmatic aorist1	baesim		baesīs		baesīt		baesīmus		baesītis		baesint
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		baete		—		—		baetite		—
	future	—		baetitō		baetitō		—		baetitōte		baetuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		baetere			—			baetēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		baetendī		baetendō		baetendum		baetendō		—		—

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

• adbītō
• ēbītō
• imbītō
• interbītō
• perbītō
• praeterbītō
• prōbītō
• rebītō
• trānsbītō

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “baetō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68

Further reading

• “bēto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “baeto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• "baeto", 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)