eniteo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) +‎ niteō (“shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈni.te.oː/, [eːˈnɪt̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈni.te.o/, [eˈniːt̪eo]

Verb

ēniteō (present infinitive ēnitēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. to shine forth or out, gleam; brighten

   Synonyms: candeō, splendeō, niteō, fulgeō, resplendeō, micō

2. (figuratively) to be distinguished or eminent

   Synonyms: ēmineō, excellō, exstō, antecēdō, praeēmineō, splendeō

   • c. 140 BCE, Accius, Atreus 20:

     Probae etsi in segetem sunt deteriorem datae / Fruges, tamen ipsae suapte natura enitent.

     Though seed be sown on unpropitious soil, / It springs and ripens by its innate virtue.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.149–150:

     [...] haud illō sēgnior ībat / Aenēās; tantum ēgregiō decus ēnitet ōre.

     [...] that by no means was Aeneas preparing to go with any less grace [than Apollo]; as great a glory shone forth from [the man’s] most noble face.
     (Aeneas is beyond distinguished; in this simile he appears to “radiate” god-like traits, at least as perceived by Dido.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ēniteō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēniteō	ēnitēs	ēnitet	ēnitēmus	ēnitētis	ēnitent
	imperfect	ēnitēbam	ēnitēbās	ēnitēbat	ēnitēbāmus	ēnitēbātis	ēnitēbant
	future	ēnitēbō	ēnitēbis	ēnitēbit	ēnitēbimus	ēnitēbitis	ēnitēbunt
passive	present	ēniteor	ēnitēris, ēnitēre	ēnitētur	ēnitēmur	ēnitēminī	ēnitentur
	imperfect	ēnitēbar	ēnitēbāris, ēnitēbāre	ēnitēbātur	ēnitēbāmur	ēnitēbāminī	ēnitēbantur
	future	ēnitēbor	ēnitēberis, ēnitēbere	ēnitēbitur	ēnitēbimur	ēnitēbiminī	ēnitēbuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēniteam	ēniteās	ēniteat	ēniteāmus	ēniteātis	ēniteant
	imperfect	ēnitērem	ēnitērēs	ēnitēret	ēnitērēmus	ēnitērētis	ēnitērent
passive	present	ēnitear	ēniteāris, ēniteāre	ēniteātur	ēniteāmur	ēniteāminī	ēniteantur
	imperfect	ēnitērer	ēnitērēris, ēnitērēre	ēnitērētur	ēnitērēmur	ēnitērēminī	ēnitērentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ēnitē	—	—	ēnitēte	—
	future	—	ēnitētō	ēnitētō	—	ēnitētōte	ēnitentō
passive	present	—	ēnitēre	—	—	ēnitēminī	—
	future	—	ēnitētor	ēnitētor	—	—	ēnitentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ēnitēre	—	—	ēnitērī	—	—
participles		ēnitēns	—	—	—	—	ēnitendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ēnitendī	ēnitendō	ēnitendum	ēnitendō	—	—

Related terms

• interniteō
• niteō
• perniteō
• praeniteō
• reniteō

See also

• ēnitēscō
• ēnītor

References

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