Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Deponent form of partiō (share, part), from pars (part, piece).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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partior (present infinitive partīrī, perfect active partītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

  1. Alternative form of partiō: to share, distribute, partition, divide
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.194:
      Hinc portum petit, et sociōs partītur in omnēs.
      Then [Aeneas] heads for the harbor, and divides [the meat] among all his comrades.
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.652:
      vōta Iovī solvō populīsque recentibus urbem / partior
      I fulfilled my prayer to Jove, and divided the city amongst this new people.

Usage notes

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Used more often in Classical Latin than partiō.

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of partior (fourth conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present partior partīris,
partīre
partītur partīmur partīminī partiuntur
imperfect partiēbar partiēbāris,
partiēbāre
partiēbātur partiēbāmur partiēbāminī partiēbantur
future partiar partiēris,
partiēre
partiētur partiēmur partiēminī partientur
perfect partītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect partītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect partītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present partiar partiāris,
partiāre
partiātur partiāmur partiāminī partiantur
imperfect partīrer partīrēris,
partīrēre
partīrētur partīrēmur partīrēminī partīrentur
perfect partītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect partītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present partīre partīminī
future partītor partītor partiuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives partīrī partītum esse partītūrum esse
participles partiēns partītus partītūrus partiendus,
partiundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
partiendī partiendō partiendum partiendō partītum partītū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: partir
  • Spanish: partir

References

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  • partior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • partior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to analyse a general division into its specific parts: genus universum in species certas partiri et dividere (Or. 33. 117)