baeto

See also: baéto

Latin

Alternative forms

• bēto
• bītō

Etymology

Unknown. The original form must have been baetō, with regular reduction to -bītō in non-initial syllables (later extended to the simple verb, as with fessus), while bētō is due to rural monophthongisation. See also arbiter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbae̯.toː/, [ˈbäe̯t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.to/, [ˈbɛːt̪o]

Verb

baetō (present infinitive baetere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to go

   Synonyms: vādō, ambulō, deambulō, camminō, adeō, obeō, pergō, eō, gradior, cēdō, īnferō

Conjugation

Conjugation of baetō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	baetō	baetis	baetit	baetimus	baetitis	baetunt
	imperfect	baetēbam	baetēbās	baetēbat	baetēbāmus	baetēbātis	baetēbant
	future	baetam	baetēs	baetet	baetēmus	baetētis	baetent
	sigmatic future1	baesō	baesis	baesit	baesimus	baesitis	baesint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	baetam	baetās	baetat	baetāmus	baetātis	baetant
	imperfect	baeterem	baeterēs	baeteret	baeterēmus	baeterētis	baeterent
	sigmatic aorist1	baesim	baesīs	baesīt	baesīmus	baesītis	baesint
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	baete	—	—	baetite	—
	future	—	baetitō	baetitō	—	baetitōte	baetuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		baetere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		baetēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		baetendī	baetendō	baetendum	baetendō	—	—

¹At least one use of the archaic "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").

Derived terms

• adbītō
• imbītō
• interbītō
• perbītō
• praeterbītō
• prōbītō
• rebītō
• trānsbītō
• ēbītō

 

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “baetō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68

Further reading

• “bēto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• baeto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• baeto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)