sequestro

See also: sequestrò and seqüestro

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈkwɛs.tro/
• Rhymes: -ɛstro
• Hyphenation: se‧què‧stro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (“depository”), derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).

Noun

sequestro m (plural sequestri)

1. confiscation
2. sequestration
3. kidnapping
4. (pathology) sequestrum
5. abduction

Synonyms

• ratto m

Related terms

• sequestrare
• sequestratore

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sequestro

1. first-person singular present indicative of sequestrare

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-?

Latin secus

Proto-Indo-European *-teros?

Latin -tris

Latin sequester

Latin sequestrum

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 sequestro

Derived from sequestrum (“depository”) +‎ -ō, derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛˈkʷɛs.troː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈkʷɛs.tro]

Verb

sequestrō (present infinitive sequestrāre, perfect active sequestrāvī, supine sequestrātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) to surrender (give up for safe keeping)
2. (Late Latin) to sequestrate
3. (Late Latin) to separate, remove

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sequestrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sequestrō		sequestrās		sequestrat		sequestrāmus		sequestrātis		sequestrant
	imperfect	sequestrābam		sequestrābās		sequestrābat		sequestrābāmus		sequestrābātis		sequestrābant
	future	sequestrābō		sequestrābis		sequestrābit		sequestrābimus		sequestrābitis		sequestrābunt
	perfect	sequestrāvī		sequestrāvistī		sequestrāvit		sequestrāvimus		sequestrāvistis		sequestrāvērunt, sequestrāvēre
	pluperfect	sequestrāveram		sequestrāverās		sequestrāverat		sequestrāverāmus		sequestrāverātis		sequestrāverant
	future perfect	sequestrāverō		sequestrāveris		sequestrāverit		sequestrāverimus		sequestrāveritis		sequestrāverint
passive	present	sequestror		sequestrāris, sequestrāre		sequestrātur		sequestrāmur		sequestrāminī		sequestrantur
	imperfect	sequestrābar		sequestrābāris, sequestrābāre		sequestrābātur		sequestrābāmur		sequestrābāminī		sequestrābantur
	future	sequestrābor		sequestrāberis, sequestrābere		sequestrābitur		sequestrābimur		sequestrābiminī		sequestrābuntur
	perfect	sequestrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sequestrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sequestrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sequestrem		sequestrēs		sequestret		sequestrēmus		sequestrētis		sequestrent
	imperfect	sequestrārem		sequestrārēs		sequestrāret		sequestrārēmus		sequestrārētis		sequestrārent
	perfect	sequestrāverim		sequestrāverīs		sequestrāverit		sequestrāverīmus		sequestrāverītis		sequestrāverint
	pluperfect	sequestrāvissem		sequestrāvissēs		sequestrāvisset		sequestrāvissēmus		sequestrāvissētis		sequestrāvissent
passive	present	sequestrer		sequestrēris, sequestrēre		sequestrētur		sequestrēmur		sequestrēminī		sequestrentur
	imperfect	sequestrārer		sequestrārēris, sequestrārēre		sequestrārētur		sequestrārēmur		sequestrārēminī		sequestrārentur
	perfect	sequestrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sequestrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sequestrā		—		—		sequestrāte		—
	future	—		sequestrātō		sequestrātō		—		sequestrātōte		sequestrantō
passive	present	—		sequestrāre		—		—		sequestrāminī		—
	future	—		sequestrātor		sequestrātor		—		—		sequestrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sequestrāre			sequestrārī			sequestrāns			—
future		sequestrātūrum esse			sequestrātum īrī			sequestrātūrus			sequestrandus
perfect		sequestrāvisse			sequestrātum esse			—			sequestrātus
future perfect		—			sequestrātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sequestrātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sequestrandī		sequestrandō		sequestrandum		sequestrandō		sequestrātum		sequestrātū

Descendants

• → Catalan: segrestar
• → Galician: secuestrar
• → Italian: sequestrare
• → Portuguese: sequestrar
• → Spanish: secuestrar
• → Old French: sequestrer
  • French: séquestrer
  • → Middle English: sequestren
    • English: sequester

References

• “sequestro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sequestro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• seqüestro (Brazil, obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈkwɛs.tɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈkwɛs.tɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seˈkwɛʃ.tɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈkwɛʃ.tɾu/, /sɨˈkɛʃ.tɾu/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɛ.ˈkwɛʃ.tɾʊ/
• Hyphenation: se‧ques‧tro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (“depository”), derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).

Noun

sequestro m (plural sequestros)

1. kidnapping (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)

   Synonyms: rapto, (Brazil) abdução

Derived terms

• sequestro-relâmpago

Related terms

• sequestração
• sequestrado
• sequestrador
• sequestrar
• sequestrável

Etymology 2

Verb

sequestro

1. first-person singular present indicative of sequestrar

Further reading

• “sequestro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sequestro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Verb

sequestro

1. first-person singular present indicative of sequestrar