flagito

Esperanto edit

Noun edit

flagito (accusative singular flagiton, plural flagitoj, accusative plural flagitojn)

singular past nominal passive participle of flagi

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂- (“to swing back and forth”), whence also flagrum. In that case cognate to Old Norse blaka, blakra (“to flap, flutter”), Lithuanian blokšti (“to throw, fling”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈflaː.ɡi.toː/, [ˈfɫ̪äːɡɪt̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfla.d͡ʒi.to/, [ˈfläːd͡ʒit̪o]

Verb edit

flāgitō (present infinitive flāgitāre, perfect active flāgitāvī, supine flāgitātum); first conjugation

to demand, require
Synonyms: requīrō, exposcō, precor, petō, repetō, rogitō, exigō, exorō

Reliquōs nōn dēsīderāret sōlum, sed etiam posceret et flāgitāret.
He would not only desire the remaining things, but would also ask and demand them.
to entreat or solicit
Synonyms: supplicō, ōrō, obsecrō, expetō, efflāgitō, rogō, ērogō, quaesō
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.16:
  Interim cotidie Caesar Haeduos frumentum, quod essent publice polliciti, flagitare.
  Meanwhile, Caesar kept daily importuning the Aedui for the corn which they had promised in the name of their state.
to accuse

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of flāgitō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flāgitō	flāgitās	flāgitat	flāgitāmus	flāgitātis	flāgitant
	imperfect	flāgitābam	flāgitābās	flāgitābat	flāgitābāmus	flāgitābātis	flāgitābant
	future	flāgitābō	flāgitābis	flāgitābit	flāgitābimus	flāgitābitis	flāgitābunt
	perfect	flāgitāvī	flāgitāvistī	flāgitāvit	flāgitāvimus	flāgitāvistis	flāgitāvērunt, flāgitāvēre
	pluperfect	flāgitāveram	flāgitāverās	flāgitāverat	flāgitāverāmus	flāgitāverātis	flāgitāverant
	future perfect	flāgitāverō	flāgitāveris	flāgitāverit	flāgitāverimus	flāgitāveritis	flāgitāverint
passive	present	flāgitor	flāgitāris, flāgitāre	flāgitātur	flāgitāmur	flāgitāminī	flāgitantur
	imperfect	flāgitābar	flāgitābāris, flāgitābāre	flāgitābātur	flāgitābāmur	flāgitābāminī	flāgitābantur
	future	flāgitābor	flāgitāberis, flāgitābere	flāgitābitur	flāgitābimur	flāgitābiminī	flāgitābuntur
	perfect	flāgitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	flāgitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	flāgitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flāgitem	flāgitēs	flāgitet	flāgitēmus	flāgitētis	flāgitent
	imperfect	flāgitārem	flāgitārēs	flāgitāret	flāgitārēmus	flāgitārētis	flāgitārent
	perfect	flāgitāverim	flāgitāverīs	flāgitāverit	flāgitāverīmus	flāgitāverītis	flāgitāverint
	pluperfect	flāgitāvissem	flāgitāvissēs	flāgitāvisset	flāgitāvissēmus	flāgitāvissētis	flāgitāvissent
passive	present	flāgiter	flāgitēris, flāgitēre	flāgitētur	flāgitēmur	flāgitēminī	flāgitentur
	imperfect	flāgitārer	flāgitārēris, flāgitārēre	flāgitārētur	flāgitārēmur	flāgitārēminī	flāgitārentur
	perfect	flāgitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	flāgitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	flāgitā	—	—	flāgitāte	—
active	future	—	flāgitātō	flāgitātō	—	flāgitātōte	flāgitantō
passive	present	—	flāgitāre	—	—	flāgitāminī	—
passive	future	—	flāgitātor	flāgitātor	—	—	flāgitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		flāgitāre	flāgitāvisse	flāgitātūrum esse	flāgitārī, flāgitārier¹	flāgitātum esse	flāgitātum īrī
participles		flāgitāns	—	flāgitātūrus	—	flāgitātus	flāgitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		flāgitandī	flāgitandō	flāgitandum	flāgitandō	flāgitātum	flāgitātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms edit

References edit

“flagito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“flagito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
flagito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “flāgitō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224