niteo

Latin

Etymology

Probably from a past participle Proto-Italic *nitos (“made bright”), from a root Proto-Indo-European *ney- (“to shine”). See also Middle Irish níam (“splendor, gleam”), níamda (“shining”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.te.oː/, [ˈnɪt̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.te.o/, [ˈniːt̪eo]

Verb

niteō (present infinitive nitēre, perfect active nituī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to be radiant, shine, look bright, glitter, sparkle, glisten

   Synonyms: candeō, ēniteō, splendeō, fulgeō, resplendeō, micō

2. (figuratively, of animals) to be sleek or in good condition
3. (figuratively, of fields, plants) to look flourishing or thriving; thrive
4. (figuratively, of persons) to be brilliant, look bright or beautiful, shine
5. (figuratively, of wealth) to flourish, abound

   Synonyms: flōreō, abundō, affluō, supersum, superfluō

   Antonyms: careō, egeō, dēsum, dēlinquō, deficiō, cessō

Conjugation

Conjugation of niteō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	niteō	nitēs	nitet	nitēmus	nitētis	nitent
	imperfect	nitēbam	nitēbās	nitēbat	nitēbāmus	nitēbātis	nitēbant
	future	nitēbō	nitēbis	nitēbit	nitēbimus	nitēbitis	nitēbunt
	perfect	nituī	nituistī	nituit	nituimus	nituistis	nituērunt, nituēre
	pluperfect	nitueram	nituerās	nituerat	nituerāmus	nituerātis	nituerant
	future perfect	nituerō	nitueris	nituerit	nituerimus	nitueritis	nituerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	niteam	niteās	niteat	niteāmus	niteātis	niteant
	imperfect	nitērem	nitērēs	nitēret	nitērēmus	nitērētis	nitērent
	perfect	nituerim	nituerīs	nituerit	nituerīmus	nituerītis	nituerint
	pluperfect	nituissem	nituissēs	nituisset	nituissēmus	nituissētis	nituissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nitē	—	—	nitēte	—
	future	—	nitētō	nitētō	—	nitētōte	nitentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nitēre	nituisse	—	—	—	—
participles		nitēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nitendī	nitendō	nitendum	nitendō	—	—

Derived terms

• ēniteō
• interniteō
• nitēla
• nitēns
• nitenter
• nitēscō
• nitidus
• nitor
• perniteō
• praeniteō
• reniteō

Related terms

• nitidē
• nitiditās
• nitidiusculē
• nitidiusculus
• nitidō
• nitidulus

Descendants

• → English: nit

See also

• nītor

Further reading

• “niteo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “niteo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• niteo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.