impetro

See also: impetró and impetrò

Catalan

Verb

impetro

1. first-person singular present indicative of impetrar

Italian

Verb

impetro

1. first-person singular present indicative of impetrare

Anagrams

• potermi

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ patrō (“accomplish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈim.pe.troː/, [ˈɪmpɛt̪roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈim.pe.tro/, [ˈimpet̪ro]

Verb

impetrō (present infinitive impetrāre, perfect active impetrāvī, supine impetrātum); first conjugation

1. to accomplish, succeed

   Synonyms: perficiō, perpetrō, ēvincō, obtineō

   Antonyms: discēdō, dēsum, dēlinquō

2. to obtain, procure

   Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, lucror, parō, pariō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, potior, inveniō, ūsūrpō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.9:

     His cum sua sponte persuadere non possent, legatos ad Dumnorigem Haeduum mittunt, ut eo deprecatore a Sequanis impetrarent.

     As they could not of themselves prevail on them, they send embassadors to Dumnorix the Aeduan, that through his intercession, they might obtain [their request] from the Sequani.

Conjugation

Conjugation of impetrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impetrō	impetrās	impetrat	impetrāmus	impetrātis	impetrant
	imperfect	impetrābam	impetrābās	impetrābat	impetrābāmus	impetrābātis	impetrābant
	future	impetrābō	impetrābis	impetrābit	impetrābimus	impetrābitis	impetrābunt
	perfect	impetrāvī	impetrāvistī, impetrāstī3	impetrāvit, impetrāt3	impetrāvimus, impetrāmus3	impetrāvistis, impetrāstis3	impetrāvērunt, impetrāvēre, impetrārunt3
	pluperfect	impetrāveram, impetrāram3	impetrāverās, impetrārās3	impetrāverat, impetrārat3	impetrāverāmus, impetrārāmus3	impetrāverātis, impetrārātis3	impetrāverant, impetrārant3
	future perfect	impetrāverō, impetrārō3	impetrāveris, impetrāris3	impetrāverit, impetrārit3	impetrāverimus, impetrārimus3	impetrāveritis, impetrāritis3	impetrāverint, impetrārint3
	sigmatic future1	impetrāssō	impetrāssis	impetrāssit	impetrāssimus	impetrāssitis	impetrāssint
passive	present	impetror	impetrāris, impetrāre	impetrātur	impetrāmur	impetrāminī	impetrantur
	imperfect	impetrābar	impetrābāris, impetrābāre	impetrābātur	impetrābāmur	impetrābāminī	impetrābantur
	future	impetrābor	impetrāberis, impetrābere	impetrābitur	impetrābimur	impetrābiminī	impetrābuntur
	perfect	impetrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	impetrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	impetrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impetrem	impetrēs	impetret	impetrēmus	impetrētis	impetrent
	imperfect	impetrārem	impetrārēs	impetrāret	impetrārēmus	impetrārētis	impetrārent
	perfect	impetrāverim, impetrārim3	impetrāverīs, impetrārīs3	impetrāverit, impetrārit3	impetrāverīmus, impetrārīmus3	impetrāverītis, impetrārītis3	impetrāverint, impetrārint3
	pluperfect	impetrāvissem, impetrāssem3	impetrāvissēs, impetrāssēs3	impetrāvisset, impetrāsset3	impetrāvissēmus, impetrāssēmus3	impetrāvissētis, impetrāssētis3	impetrāvissent, impetrāssent3
	sigmatic aorist1	impetrāssim	impetrāssīs	impetrāssīt	impetrāssīmus	impetrāssītis	impetrāssint
passive	present	impetrer	impetrēris, impetrēre	impetrētur	impetrēmur	impetrēminī	impetrentur
	imperfect	impetrārer	impetrārēris, impetrārēre	impetrārētur	impetrārēmur	impetrārēminī	impetrārentur
	perfect	impetrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	impetrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	impetrā	—	—	impetrāte	—
	future	—	impetrātō	impetrātō	—	impetrātōte	impetrantō
passive	present	—	impetrāre	—	—	impetrāminī	—
	future	—	impetrātor	impetrātor	—	—	impetrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		impetrāre	impetrāvisse, impetrāsse3	impetrātūrum esse	impetrārī, impetrārier2	impetrātum esse	impetrātum īrī
participles		impetrāns	—	impetrātūrus	—	impetrātus	impetrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		impetrandī	impetrandō	impetrandum	impetrandō	impetrātum	impetrātū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
²The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
³At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• impetrātiō
• impetrō

Descendants

• Romanian: împătra
• → Catalan: impetrar
• → English: impetrate
• Old Occitan: empetrar
  • Franco-Provençal: empétrar
• → Old French: empetrer
  • French: impétrer
• → Italian: impetrare
• → Portuguese: impetrar
• → Spanish: impetrar

References

• “impetro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impetro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• impetro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to gain one's point with any one: aliquid ab aliquo impetrare
    
  • I cannot bring myself to..: a me impetrare non possum, ut
    

Anagrams

• temporī

Portuguese

Verb

impetro

1. first-person singular present indicative of impetrar

Spanish

Verb

impetro

1. first-person singular present indicative of impetrar