exploro

See also: exploró

Catalan

Verb

exploro

first-person singular present indicative of explorar

Galician

Verb

exploro

first-person singular present indicative of explorar

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out, away; throughout”) +‎ plōrō (“cry”). The original meaning was maybe "to scout the hunting area for game by means of shouting".

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈspɫoː.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈsplɔː.ro]

Verb

explōrō (present infinitive explōrāre, perfect active explōrāvī, supine explōrātum); first conjugation

to investigate, search out, seek, discover, examine, explore
Synonyms: scīscitor, quaerō, inquīrō, scrūtor, requīrō, interrogō, percontor, scīscō, investīgō, indāgō
to spy out, reconnoitre
to test, try, put to the proof
Synonyms: perīclitor, experior, probō, temptō, spectō

Conjugation

Conjugation of explōrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	explōrō	explōrās		explōrat	explōrāmus	explōrātis		explōrant
	imperfect	explōrābam	explōrābās		explōrābat	explōrābāmus	explōrābātis		explōrābant
	future	explōrābō	explōrābis		explōrābit	explōrābimus	explōrābitis		explōrābunt
	perfect	explōrāvī	explōrāvistī		explōrāvit	explōrāvimus	explōrāvistis		explōrāvērunt, explōrāvēre
	pluperfect	explōrāveram	explōrāverās		explōrāverat	explōrāverāmus	explōrāverātis		explōrāverant
	future perfect	explōrāverō	explōrāveris		explōrāverit	explōrāverimus	explōrāveritis		explōrāverint
passive	present	explōror	explōrāris, explōrāre		explōrātur	explōrāmur	explōrāminī		explōrantur
	imperfect	explōrābar	explōrābāris, explōrābāre		explōrābātur	explōrābāmur	explōrābāminī		explōrābantur
	future	explōrābor	explōrāberis, explōrābere		explōrābitur	explōrābimur	explōrābiminī		explōrābuntur
	perfect	explōrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	explōrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	explōrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	explōrem	explōrēs		explōret	explōrēmus	explōrētis		explōrent
	imperfect	explōrārem	explōrārēs		explōrāret	explōrārēmus	explōrārētis		explōrārent
	perfect	explōrāverim	explōrāverīs		explōrāverit	explōrāverīmus	explōrāverītis		explōrāverint
	pluperfect	explōrāvissem	explōrāvissēs		explōrāvisset	explōrāvissēmus	explōrāvissētis		explōrāvissent
passive	present	explōrer	explōrēris, explōrēre		explōrētur	explōrēmur	explōrēminī		explōrentur
	imperfect	explōrārer	explōrārēris, explōrārēre		explōrārētur	explōrārēmur	explōrārēminī		explōrārentur
	perfect	explōrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	explōrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	explōrā		—	—	explōrāte		—
active	future	—	explōrātō		explōrātō	—	explōrātōte		explōrantō
passive	present	—	explōrāre		—	—	explōrāminī		—
passive	future	—	explōrātor		explōrātor	—	—		explōrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		explōrāre		explōrārī		explōrāns		—
future		explōrātūrum esse		explōrātum īrī		explōrātūrus		explōrandus
perfect		explōrāvisse		explōrātum esse		—		explōrātus
future perfect		—		explōrātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		explōrātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		explōrandī	explōrandō		explōrandum	explōrandō	explōrātum		explōrātū

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Asturian: esplorar
→ Catalan: explorar
→ English: explore
→ French: explorer
- → Romanian: explora
→ Friulian: esplorâ
→ Galician: explorar
→ Italian: esplorare
→ Leonese: esplorare
→ Occitan: explorar
→ Piedmontese: esploré
→ Portuguese: explorar
→ Sicilian: sprurari (semi-learned)
→ Spanish: explorar

References

“exploro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“exploro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“exploro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to reconnoitre the ground: loca, regiones, loci naturam explorare
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 473

Portuguese

Verb

exploro

first-person singular present indicative of explorar

Spanish

Verb

exploro

first-person singular present indicative of explorar