impetro

impetro

1. first-person singular present indicative of impetrar

impetro

1. first-person singular present indicative of impetrare

• potermi

• inpetrō

From in- +‎ patrō (“accomplish”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪm.pɛ.troː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈim.pe.tro]

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

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.19:

     Haec sī tēcum, ita ut dīxī, patria loquātur, nōnne impetrāre dēbeat, etiamsī vim adhibēre nōn possit?

     If [your] country were to speak with you about these matters, just as I have said, shouldn’t it [be able] to obtain [its request], even if it could not use force?

   • 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.

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "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.

• impetrātiō
• impetrō

• “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^[1], 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
    

• temporī

impetro

1. first-person singular present indicative of impetrar

impetro

1. first-person singular present indicative of impetrar