sequestro

See also: sequestrò and seqüestro

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈkwɛ.stro/
• Rhymes: -ɛstro
• Hyphenation: se‧què‧stro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (“depository”), derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).

Noun

sequestro m (plural sequestri)

1. confiscation
2. sequestration
3. kidnapping
4. (pathology) sequestrum
5. abduction

Synonyms

• ratto m

Related terms

• sequestrare
• sequestratore

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sequestro

1. first-person singular present indicative of sequestrare

Latin

Etymology

Derived from sequestrum (“depository”) +‎ -ō, derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈkʷes.troː/, [s̠ɛˈkʷɛs̠t̪roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈkwes.tro/, [seˈkwɛst̪ro]

Verb

sequestrō (present infinitive sequestrāre, perfect active sequestrāvī, supine sequestrātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) to surrender (give up for safe keeping)
2. (Late Latin) to sequestrate
3. (Late Latin) to separate, remove

Conjugation

Conjugation of sequestrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sequestrō	sequestrās	sequestrat	sequestrāmus	sequestrātis	sequestrant
	imperfect	sequestrābam	sequestrābās	sequestrābat	sequestrābāmus	sequestrābātis	sequestrābant
	future	sequestrābō	sequestrābis	sequestrābit	sequestrābimus	sequestrābitis	sequestrābunt
	perfect	sequestrāvī	sequestrāvistī	sequestrāvit	sequestrāvimus	sequestrāvistis	sequestrāvērunt, sequestrāvēre
	pluperfect	sequestrāveram	sequestrāverās	sequestrāverat	sequestrāverāmus	sequestrāverātis	sequestrāverant
	future perfect	sequestrāverō	sequestrāveris	sequestrāverit	sequestrāverimus	sequestrāveritis	sequestrāverint
passive	present	sequestror	sequestrāris, sequestrāre	sequestrātur	sequestrāmur	sequestrāminī	sequestrantur
	imperfect	sequestrābar	sequestrābāris, sequestrābāre	sequestrābātur	sequestrābāmur	sequestrābāminī	sequestrābantur
	future	sequestrābor	sequestrāberis, sequestrābere	sequestrābitur	sequestrābimur	sequestrābiminī	sequestrābuntur
	perfect	sequestrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sequestrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sequestrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sequestrem	sequestrēs	sequestret	sequestrēmus	sequestrētis	sequestrent
	imperfect	sequestrārem	sequestrārēs	sequestrāret	sequestrārēmus	sequestrārētis	sequestrārent
	perfect	sequestrāverim	sequestrāverīs	sequestrāverit	sequestrāverīmus	sequestrāverītis	sequestrāverint
	pluperfect	sequestrāvissem	sequestrāvissēs	sequestrāvisset	sequestrāvissēmus	sequestrāvissētis	sequestrāvissent
passive	present	sequestrer	sequestrēris, sequestrēre	sequestrētur	sequestrēmur	sequestrēminī	sequestrentur
	imperfect	sequestrārer	sequestrārēris, sequestrārēre	sequestrārētur	sequestrārēmur	sequestrārēminī	sequestrārentur
	perfect	sequestrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sequestrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sequestrā	—	—	sequestrāte	—
	future	—	sequestrātō	sequestrātō	—	sequestrātōte	sequestrantō
passive	present	—	sequestrāre	—	—	sequestrāminī	—
	future	—	sequestrātor	sequestrātor	—	—	sequestrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sequestrāre	sequestrāvisse	sequestrātūrum esse	sequestrārī	sequestrātum esse	sequestrātum īrī
participles		sequestrāns	—	sequestrātūrus	—	sequestrātus	sequestrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sequestrandī	sequestrandō	sequestrandum	sequestrandō	sequestrātum	sequestrātū

Descendants

• Catalan: segrestar
• Old French: sequestrer
  • English: sequester
• Galician: secuestrar
• Italian: sequestrare
• Spanish: secuestrar
• Portuguese: sequestrar

References

• “sequestro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sequestro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• seqüestro (Brazilian, obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈkwɛs.tɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈkwɛs.tɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seˈkwɛʃ.tɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈkwɛs.tɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈkwɛʃ.tɾu/, /sɨˈkɛʃ.tɾu/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɛ.ˈkwɛʃ.tɾʊ/
• Hyphenation: se‧ques‧tro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (“depository”), derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).

Noun

sequestro m (plural sequestros)

1. kidnapping (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)

   Synonyms: rapto, (Brazil) abdução

Derived terms

• sequestro-relâmpago

Related terms

• sequestração
• sequestrado
• sequestrador
• sequestrar
• sequestrável

Etymology 2

Verb

sequestro

1. first-person singular present indicative of sequestrar

Spanish

Verb

sequestro

1. first-person singular present indicative of sequestrar