sciscitor

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskiːs.kɪ.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈʃiʃ.ʃi.tor]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

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Proto-Indo-European *skey-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *skiyéti

Proto-Italic *skiō

Latin sciō

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Italic *-skō

Latin -scō

Latin scīscō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin -itō

Latin scīscitor

From scīscō (“seek to know; ascertain”) + -itō. Compare scītor.

Alternative forms

• scīscitō

Verb

scīscitor (present infinitive scīscitārī, perfect active scīscitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to ask, inquire, question, examine, consult, interrogate

   Synonyms: quaerō, percontor, investīgō, scīscō, indāgō, requīrō, interrogō, scrūtor

Usage notes

• Often in constructions using ab, dē, ex, or an indirect question.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of scīscitor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	scīscitor		scīscitāris, scīscitāre		scīscitātur		scīscitāmur		scīscitāminī		scīscitantur
	imperfect	scīscitābar		scīscitābāris, scīscitābāre		scīscitābātur		scīscitābāmur		scīscitābāminī		scīscitābantur
	future	scīscitābor		scīscitāberis, scīscitābere		scīscitābitur		scīscitābimur		scīscitābiminī		scīscitābuntur
	perfect	scīscitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	scīscitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	scīscitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	scīsciter		scīscitēris, scīscitēre		scīscitētur		scīscitēmur		scīscitēminī		scīscitentur
	imperfect	scīscitārer		scīscitārēris, scīscitārēre		scīscitārētur		scīscitārēmur		scīscitārēminī		scīscitārentur
	perfect	scīscitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	scīscitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		scīscitāre		—		—		scīscitāminī		—
	future	—		scīscitātor		scīscitātor		—		—		scīscitantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		scīscitārī			—			scīscitāns			—
future		scīscitātūrum esse			—			scīscitātūrus			scīscitandus
perfect		scīscitātum esse			—			scīscitātus			—
future perfect		scīscitātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		scīscitātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		scīscitandī		scīscitandō		scīscitandum		scīscitandō		scīscitātum		scīscitātū

Derived terms

• scīscitātiō
• scīscitātor

Related terms

• ascīscō
• cōnscīscō
• dēscīscō
• perscīscō
• rescīscō
• sciō
• scīscō
• scītāmenta
• scītātiō
• scītē
• scītor
• scītulus
• scītum
• scītus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

scīscitor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of scīscō

References

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