competo

See also: competò

Italian

Verb

competo

1. first-person singular present indicative of competere

Latin

Alternative forms

• conpeto, (Late Latin) conpito

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.pɛ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.pe.to]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti

Latin petō

Latin competō

From con- (“with, together”) + petō (“to seek, aim, head for”).

Verb

competō (present infinitive competere, perfect active competīvī or competiī, supine competītum); third conjugation

1. to come together, meet
2. to agree, coincide in point of time
3. to be equal to, be capable of

Conjugation

   Conjugation of competō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	competō		competis		competit		competimus		competitis		competunt
	imperfect	competēbam		competēbās		competēbat		competēbāmus		competēbātis		competēbant
	future	competam		competēs		competet		competēmus		competētis		competent
	perfect	competīvī, competiī		competīvistī, competiistī		competīvit, competiit		competīvimus, competiimus		competīvistis, competiistis		competīvērunt, competīvēre, competiērunt, competiēre
	pluperfect	competīveram, competieram		competīverās, competierās		competīverat, competierat		competīverāmus, competierāmus		competīverātis, competierātis		competīverant, competierant
	future perfect	competīverō, competierō		competīveris, competieris		competīverit, competierit		competīverimus, competierimus		competīveritis, competieritis		competīverint, competierint
passive	present	competor		competeris, competere		competitur		competimur		competiminī		competuntur
	imperfect	competēbar		competēbāris, competēbāre		competēbātur		competēbāmur		competēbāminī		competēbantur
	future	competar		competēris, competēre		competētur		competēmur		competēminī		competentur
	perfect	competītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	competītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	competītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	competam		competās		competat		competāmus		competātis		competant
	imperfect	competerem		competerēs		competeret		competerēmus		competerētis		competerent
	perfect	competīverim, competierim		competīverīs, competierīs		competīverit, competierit		competīverīmus, competierīmus		competīverītis, competierītis		competīverint, competierint
	pluperfect	competīvissem, competiissem		competīvissēs, competiissēs		competīvisset, competiisset		competīvissēmus, competiissēmus		competīvissētis, competiissētis		competīvissent, competiissent
passive	present	competar		competāris, competāre		competātur		competāmur		competāminī		competantur
	imperfect	competerer		competerēris, competerēre		competerētur		competerēmur		competerēminī		competerentur
	perfect	competītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	competītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		compete		—		—		competite		—
	future	—		competitō		competitō		—		competitōte		competuntō
passive	present	—		competere		—		—		competiminī		—
	future	—		competitor		competitor		—		—		competuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		competere			competī			competēns			—
future		competītūrum esse			competītum īrī			competītūrus			competendus, competundus
perfect		competīvisse, competiisse			competītum esse			—			competītus
future perfect		—			competītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		competītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		competendī		competendō		competendum		competendō		competītum		competītū

Derived terms

• competēns
• competenter
• competentia
• competitiō
• competitor
• competitrīx

Related terms

• compitum (“crossroad”)

Descendants

• → Asturian: competir
• → Catalan: competir
• → English: compete
• → French: compéter
• → Italian: competere
• → Portuguese: competir
• → Spanish: competir

Etymology 2

Noun

competō

1. dative/ablative singular of competum

References

• “competo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “competo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “competo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• competo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Verb

competo

1. first-person singular present indicative of competer