Etymology
From Proto-Italic *awizdjō, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”)) and *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”).
Cognates include Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to perceive”) (also originally "to render manifest"), whence English aesthetic, and ἀΐω (aḯō, “to perceive, hear”), Hittite 𒌋𒀪𒄭 (u-uḫ-ḫi, “I see”), Proto-Germanic *awiz (“obvious”) and Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “openly, manifestly, evidently”).
Verb
audiō (present infinitive audīre, perfect active audīvī or audiī, supine audītum); fourth conjugation
- to hear, listen to
- Synonym: exaudio
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.219–220:
- Tālibus ōrantem dictīs ārāsque tenentem / audiit omnipotēns, [...].
- [King Iarbas,] praying with such words as he had spoken, and [as he was] grasping the holy altars [in supplication], the Almighty [Father] heard him, [...].
- to attend, pay attention to
- Audīsne mē? ― Are you listening to me?
- to accept, agree with, obey
- to perceive or understand, learn (by hearing)
- Synonyms: agnōscō, cognōscō, inveniō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, scīscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, inveniō, tongeō, cernō, exaudiō
- Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of audiō (fourth conjugation), indicative ...
Conjugation of audiō (fourth conjugation) |
indicative |
singular |
plural |
first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
active |
present |
audiō |
audīs |
audit |
audīmus |
audītis |
audiunt |
imperfect |
audiēbam |
audiēbās |
audiēbat |
audiēbāmus |
audiēbātis |
audiēbant |
future |
audiam |
audiēs |
audiet |
audiēmus |
audiētis |
audient |
perfect |
audīvī, audiī |
audīvistī, audiistī |
audīvit, audiit |
audīvimus, audiimus |
audīvistis, audiistis |
audīvērunt, audīvēre, audiērunt, audiēre |
pluperfect |
audīveram, audieram |
audīverās, audierās |
audīverat, audierat |
audīverāmus, audierāmus |
audīverātis, audierātis |
audīverant, audierant |
future perfect |
audīverō, audierō |
audīveris, audieris |
audīverit, audierit |
audīverimus, audierimus |
audīveritis, audieritis |
audīverint, audierint |
passive |
present |
audior |
audīris, audīre |
audītur |
audīmur |
audīminī |
audiuntur |
imperfect |
audiēbar |
audiēbāris, audiēbāre |
audiēbātur |
audiēbāmur |
audiēbāminī |
audiēbantur |
future |
audiar |
audiēris, audiēre |
audiētur |
audiēmur |
audiēminī |
audientur |
perfect |
audītus + present active indicative of sum |
pluperfect |
audītus + imperfect active indicative of sum |
future perfect |
audītus + future active indicative of sum |
subjunctive |
singular |
plural |
first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
active |
present |
audiam |
audiās |
audiat |
audiāmus |
audiātis |
audiant |
imperfect |
audīrem |
audīrēs |
audīret |
audīrēmus |
audīrētis |
audīrent |
perfect |
audīverim, audierim |
audīverīs, audierīs |
audīverit, audierit |
audīverīmus, audierīmus |
audīverītis, audierītis |
audīverint, audierint |
pluperfect |
audīvissem, audiissem |
audīvissēs, audiissēs |
audīvisset, audiisset |
audīvissēmus, audiissēmus |
audīvissētis, audiissētis |
audīvissent, audiissent |
passive |
present |
audiar |
audiāris, audiāre |
audiātur |
audiāmur |
audiāminī |
audiantur |
imperfect |
audīrer |
audīrēris, audīrēre |
audīrētur |
audīrēmur |
audīrēminī |
audīrentur |
perfect |
audītus + present active subjunctive of sum |
pluperfect |
audītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum |
imperative |
singular |
plural |
first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
active |
present |
— |
audī |
— |
— |
audīte |
— |
future |
— |
audītō |
audītō |
— |
audītōte |
audiuntō |
passive |
present |
— |
audīre |
— |
— |
audīminī |
— |
future |
— |
audītor |
audītor |
— |
— |
audiuntor |
non-finite forms |
active |
passive |
present |
perfect |
future |
present |
perfect |
future |
infinitives |
audīre |
audīvisse, audiisse |
audītūrum esse |
audīrī, audīrier1 |
audītum esse |
audītum īrī |
participles |
audiēns |
— |
audītūrus |
— |
audītus |
audiendus, audiundus |
verbal nouns |
gerund |
supine |
genitive |
dative |
accusative |
ablative |
accusative |
ablative |
audiendī |
audiendō |
audiendum |
audiendō |
audītum |
audītū |
Close
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: avdu, avdzãri
- Istro-Romanian: avzi
- Megleno-Romanian: ud, uzări
- Romanian: auzi, auzire
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Old Leonese: oyr
- Old Galician-Portuguese: ouir, oir, oyr, ouvyr (see there for further descendants)
- Old Spanish: oir
- Ladino: oyir
- Spanish: oír
- Borrowings:
- → Basque: aditu
- → English: audio, ⇒ audile
- → Esperanto: aŭdi
- → French: audio
- → Ido: audar
- → Spanish: audio
- → Swedish: audiell
References
- “audio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “audio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- audio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to know from hearsay: fando aliquid audivisse
- I heard him say..: ex eo audivi, cum diceret
- to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bene, male audire (ab aliquo)
- to attend Plato's lectures: audire Platonem, auditorem esse Platonis
- to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion: ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
- I admit it, say on: audio, fateor
- audio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- 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 61