oppeto

Latin

Etymology

From ob- +‎ petō.

Pronunciation

Verb

oppetō (present infinitive oppetere, perfect active oppetīvī or oppetiī, supine oppetītum); third conjugation

  1. to go to meet; to encounter
  2. to perish (encounter death)

Conjugation

References

  • oppeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • oppeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oppeto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to meet death (by violence): mortem oppetere