autumo

Latin

Alternative forms

• auctumo

Etymology

According to De Vaan, perhaps from autem +‎ aiō, similarly to negō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.tu.moː/, [ˈäu̯t̪ʊmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.tu.mo/, [ˈäːu̯t̪umo]

Verb

autumō (present infinitive autumāre, perfect active autumāvī, supine autumātum); first conjugation

1. (chiefly Old Latin) to say yes, affirm

   Synonyms: aiō, affirmō, cōnfirmō

2. (Old Latin, Late Latin and Medieval Latin) to assert, state

   Synonyms: affirmō, cōnfirmō, dīcō, asserō

   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.18:

     Et ad illum "Nōn" inquam "immeritō medicī fīdī cibō et crapulā distentōs saeva et gravia somniāre autumant. […] "

     And I said to him, "It's for good reasons that trustworthy doctors assert that those swollen with food and drink have violent and severe dreams. […] "

   • 895 CE, Angelomus Luxovensis, Enarrationes in libros Regum In librum secundum.24:

     In illo siquidem loco, ut Hebraei autumant, aliquando contigerat Abraham offerre filium suum Isaac, quando, cum jam paratus esset occidere filium, et in holocaustum exhibere, improviso aries apparuit, et altare circumstetit, quem Abraham pro filio immolavit.

     Accordingly, it was in that place, as Hebrew people assert, that Abraham's near-offering of his son Isaac was about to happen when, already prepared to kill his son to make of him a burnt-offering, a ram suddenly appeared and stoof around the altar, which Abraham then sacrificed instead of his son.

3. (rare) to name

   Synonyms: vocō, nōminō, appellō, dīcō

   • c. 19 BCE – c. 31 CE, Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Historia Romana 1.6:

     Hōc tractū temporum, ante annōs quīnque et sexāgintā quam urbs Rōmāna conderētur, ab Elissā Tȳriā, quam quīdam Dīdō autumant, Carthāgō conditur.

     In this period of time, 65 years before the city of Rome were to be founded, Carthage was founded by Elissa the Tyrian, whom some people name Dido.

4. (metonymically, rare) to think, believe, reckon

   Synonyms: crēdō, sentiō

Usage notes

Very rarely used in Classical Latin.

Conjugation

Conjugation of autumō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	autumō	autumās	autumat	autumāmus	autumātis	autumant
	imperfect	autumābam	autumābās	autumābat	autumābāmus	autumābātis	autumābant
	future	autumābō	autumābis	autumābit	autumābimus	autumābitis	autumābunt
	perfect	autumāvī	autumāvistī	autumāvit	autumāvimus	autumāvistis	autumāvērunt, autumāvēre
	pluperfect	autumāveram	autumāverās	autumāverat	autumāverāmus	autumāverātis	autumāverant
	future perfect	autumāverō	autumāveris	autumāverit	autumāverimus	autumāveritis	autumāverint
passive	present	autumor	autumāris, autumāre	autumātur	autumāmur	autumāminī	autumantur
	imperfect	autumābar	autumābāris, autumābāre	autumābātur	autumābāmur	autumābāminī	autumābantur
	future	autumābor	autumāberis, autumābere	autumābitur	autumābimur	autumābiminī	autumābuntur
	perfect	autumātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	autumātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	autumātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	autumem	autumēs	autumet	autumēmus	autumētis	autument
	imperfect	autumārem	autumārēs	autumāret	autumārēmus	autumārētis	autumārent
	perfect	autumāverim	autumāverīs	autumāverit	autumāverīmus	autumāverītis	autumāverint
	pluperfect	autumāvissem	autumāvissēs	autumāvisset	autumāvissēmus	autumāvissētis	autumāvissent
passive	present	autumer	autumēris, autumēre	autumētur	autumēmur	autumēminī	autumentur
	imperfect	autumārer	autumārēris, autumārēre	autumārētur	autumārēmur	autumārēminī	autumārentur
	perfect	autumātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	autumātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	autumā	—	—	autumāte	—
	future	—	autumātō	autumātō	—	autumātōte	autumantō
passive	present	—	autumāre	—	—	autumāminī	—
	future	—	autumātor	autumātor	—	—	autumantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		autumāre	autumāvisse	autumātūrum esse	autumārī	autumātum esse	autumātum īrī
participles		autumāns	—	autumātūrus	—	autumātus	autumandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		autumandī	autumandō	autumandum	autumandō	autumātum	autumātū

Descendants

• ⇒? Vulgar Latin: *tumāre
  • Old Leonese: tomar
    • Asturian: tomar
  • Old Spanish: tomar
    • Spanish: tomar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: tomar
    • Galician: tomar
    • Portuguese: tomar

References

• “autumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “autumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• autumo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.