See also: oscillò and oscil·lo

French edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of oscilloscope.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

oscillo m (plural oscillos)

  1. (colloquial) oscilloscope

Italian edit

Verb edit

oscillo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of oscillare

Anagrams edit

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Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Verbal form of ōscillum (swing), or is the derivation the other way around? By surface analysis, obs- (towards, against) +‎ cillō (to move). What is the origin of cillō (not mentioned by de Vaan)? Is it perhaps derived as a back-formation from vacillō (to sway, waver)? Semantically and to some extent phonetically, it seems similar to celer (fast, quick). This article (Swinging on a Star: The Mythical and Ritual Schemata of Oscillation) claims unknown origin; however, it's written by history, not linguistics, professors.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ōscillō (present infinitive ōscillāre, perfect active ōscillāvī, supine ōscillātum); first conjugation

  1. to swing

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of ōscillō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ōscillō ōscillās ōscillat ōscillāmus ōscillātis ōscillant
imperfect ōscillābam ōscillābās ōscillābat ōscillābāmus ōscillābātis ōscillābant
future ōscillābō ōscillābis ōscillābit ōscillābimus ōscillābitis ōscillābunt
perfect ōscillāvī ōscillāvistī ōscillāvit ōscillāvimus ōscillāvistis ōscillāvērunt,
ōscillāvēre
pluperfect ōscillāveram ōscillāverās ōscillāverat ōscillāverāmus ōscillāverātis ōscillāverant
future perfect ōscillāverō ōscillāveris ōscillāverit ōscillāverimus ōscillāveritis ōscillāverint
passive present ōscillor ōscillāris,
ōscillāre
ōscillātur ōscillāmur ōscillāminī ōscillantur
imperfect ōscillābar ōscillābāris,
ōscillābāre
ōscillābātur ōscillābāmur ōscillābāminī ōscillābantur
future ōscillābor ōscillāberis,
ōscillābere
ōscillābitur ōscillābimur ōscillābiminī ōscillābuntur
perfect ōscillātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ōscillātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ōscillātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ōscillem ōscillēs ōscillet ōscillēmus ōscillētis ōscillent
imperfect ōscillārem ōscillārēs ōscillāret ōscillārēmus ōscillārētis ōscillārent
perfect ōscillāverim ōscillāverīs ōscillāverit ōscillāverīmus ōscillāverītis ōscillāverint
pluperfect ōscillāvissem ōscillāvissēs ōscillāvisset ōscillāvissēmus ōscillāvissētis ōscillāvissent
passive present ōsciller ōscillēris,
ōscillēre
ōscillētur ōscillēmur ōscillēminī ōscillentur
imperfect ōscillārer ōscillārēris,
ōscillārēre
ōscillārētur ōscillārēmur ōscillārēminī ōscillārentur
perfect ōscillātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ōscillātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ōscillā ōscillāte
future ōscillātō ōscillātō ōscillātōte ōscillantō
passive present ōscillāre ōscillāminī
future ōscillātor ōscillātor ōscillantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ōscillāre ōscillāvisse ōscillātūrum esse ōscillārī ōscillātum esse ōscillātum īrī
participles ōscillāns ōscillātūrus ōscillātus ōscillandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ōscillandī ōscillandō ōscillandum ōscillandō ōscillātum ōscillātū

Descendants edit

Noun edit

ōscillō

  1. dative/ablative singular of ōscillum

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