exploro

See also: exploró

Catalan

Verb

exploro

1. first-person singular present indicative of explorar

Galician

Verb

exploro

1. 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): /ekˈsploː.roː/, [ɛkˈs̠pɫ̪oːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsplo.ro/, [ekˈsplɔːro]

Verb

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

1. to investigate, search out, seek, discover, examine, explore

   Synonyms: scīscitor, quaerō, inquīrō, scrūtor, requīrō, interrogō, percontor, scīscō, investīgō, indāgō

2. to spy out, reconnoitre
3. to test, try, put to the proof

   Synonyms: perīclitor, experior, probō, temptō, spectō

Conjugation

Conjugation of explōrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	explōrā	—	—	explōrāte	—
	future	—	explōrātō	explōrātō	—	explōrātōte	explōrantō
passive	present	—	explōrāre	—	—	explōrāminī	—
	future	—	explōrātor	explōrātor	—	—	explōrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		explōrāre	explōrāvisse	explōrātūrum esse	explōrārī	explōrātum esse	explōrātum īrī
participles		explōrāns	—	explōrātūrus	—	explōrātus	explōrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		explōrandī	explōrandō	explōrandum	explōrandō	explōrātum	explōrātū

Derived terms

• explōrātiō
• explōrātor

Descendants

• Asturian: esplorar
• Catalan: explorar
• English: explore
• French: explorer
• Friulian: esplorâ
• Galician: explorar
• Italian: esplorare
• Leonese: esplorare
• Occitan: explorar
• Piedmontese: esploré
• Portuguese: explorar
• Romanian: explora
• Sicilian: sprurari
• 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

1. first-person singular present indicative of explorar

Spanish

Verb

exploro

1. first-person singular present indicative of explorar