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): [ɛkˈspɫoː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈsplɔː.ro]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		explōrāre			explōrārī			explōrāns			—
future		explōrātūrum esse			explōrātum īrī			explōrātūrus			explōrandus
perfect		explōrāvisse			explōrātum esse			—			explōrātus
future perfect		—			explōrātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		explōrātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
  • → Romanian: explora
• → Friulian: esplorâ
• → Galician: explorar
• → Italian: esplorare
• → Leonese: esplorare
• → Occitan: explorar
• → Piedmontese: esploré
• → Portuguese: explorar
• → Sicilian: sprurari (semi-learned)
• → Spanish: explorar

Further reading

• “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
    

Portuguese

Verb

exploro

1. first-person singular present indicative of explorar

Spanish

Verb

exploro

1. first-person singular present indicative of explorar