capto

See also: captó and captò

Italian

Verb

capto

1. first-person singular present indicative of captare

Anagrams

• copta

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.toː/

Etymology 1

From capiō (“take, capture”) +‎ -tō. See captus.

Alternative forms

• captiō (Late Latin) (see for further descendants)

Verb

captō (present infinitive captāre, perfect active captāvī, supine captātum); first conjugation

1. I strive to seize, catch or grasp at.
2. (figuratively) I seek, aim at

Inflection

Conjugation of capto (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	captō	captās	captat	captāmus	captātis	captant
	imperfect	captābam	captābās	captābat	captābāmus	captābātis	captābant
	future	captābō	captābis	captābit	captābimus	captābitis	captābunt
	perfect	captāvī	captāvistī	captāvit	captāvimus	captāvistis	captāvērunt, captāvēre
	pluperfect	captāveram	captāverās	captāverat	captāverāmus	captāverātis	captāverant
	future perfect	captāverō	captāveris	captāverit	captāverimus	captāveritis	captāverint
passive	present	captor	captāris, captāre	captātur	captāmur	captāminī	captantur
	imperfect	captābar	captābāris, captābāre	captābātur	captābāmur	captābāminī	captābantur
	future	captābor	captāberis, captābere	captābitur	captābimur	captābiminī	captābuntur
	perfect	captātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	captātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	captātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	captem	captēs	captet	captēmus	captētis	captent
	imperfect	captārem	captārēs	captāret	captārēmus	captārētis	captārent
	perfect	captāverim	captāverīs	captāverit	captāverīmus	captāverītis	captāverint
	pluperfect	captāvissem	captāvissēs	captāvisset	captāvissēmus	captāvissētis	captāvissent
passive	present	capter	captēris, captēre	captētur	captēmur	captēminī	captentur
	imperfect	captārer	captārēris, captārēre	captārētur	captārēmur	captārēminī	captārentur
	perfect	captātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	captātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	captā	—	—	captāte	—
	future	—	captātō	captātō	—	captātōte	captantō
passive	present	—	captāre	—	—	captāminī	—
	future	—	captātor	captātor	—	—	captantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		captāre	captāvisse	captātūrus esse	captārī	captātus esse	captātum īrī
participles		captāns	—	captātūrus	—	captātus	captandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		captāre	captandī	captandō	captandum	captātum	captātū

Derived terms

• captābilis
• captātiō
• captātor
• disceptō

Related terms

Related terms

• capiō
• capsa
• capsārius
• capsella
• capsula
• capsus
• capta

• captātōrius
• captātrīx
• captensula
• captiō
• captiōsē
• captiōsus

• captitō
• captiuncula
• captīva
• captīvātiō
• captīvātor
• captīvitās

• captīvō
• captīvus
• captor
• captrīx
• captūra
• captus

Descendants

• Aromanian: caftu, cãftari
• Asturian: catar
• Catalan: captar (borrowing)
• Dalmatian: catur, catuar
• French: capter (borrowing)
• Friulian: cjatâ, čhatâ
• Italian: captare (borrowing)

• Old Portuguese: catar
• Portuguese: captar (borrowing), catar
• Romanian: căuta, căutare
• Romansh: chattar, cattar, catar, chatter
• Spanish: captar (borrowing), catar
• Venetian: catar
• Vulgar Latin: *accaptō (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Participle

captō

1. dative masculine singular of captus
2. dative neuter singular of captus
3. ablative masculine singular of captus
4. ablative neuter singular of captus

References

• capto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “capto” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to try and raise a laugh: risum captare
    
  • to court popularity: auram popularem captare (Liv. 3. 33)
    

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Portuguese

Verb

capto

1. first-person singular present indicative of captar

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Spanish

Verb

capto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of captar.