Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *skeHt- (to spring, to leap) and cognate with Lithuanian skàsti (to jump, to move around).[1][2] Note also Latvian skatīt, Proto-Slavic *kotìti, Albanian shkas, Old Armenian ցօղ (cʻōł).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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scateō (present infinitive scatēre, perfect active scatuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to bubble, flow forth, gush, well, spring
  2. to be plentiful, abound; to swarm

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of scateō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present scateō scatēs scatet scatēmus scatētis scatent
imperfect scatēbam scatēbās scatēbat scatēbāmus scatēbātis scatēbant
future scatēbō scatēbis scatēbit scatēbimus scatēbitis scatēbunt
perfect scatuī scatuistī scatuit scatuimus scatuistis scatuērunt,
scatuēre
pluperfect scatueram scatuerās scatuerat scatuerāmus scatuerātis scatuerant
future perfect scatuerō scatueris scatuerit scatuerimus scatueritis scatuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present scateam scateās scateat scateāmus scateātis scateant
imperfect scatērem scatērēs scatēret scatērēmus scatērētis scatērent
perfect scatuerim scatuerīs scatuerit scatuerīmus scatuerītis scatuerint
pluperfect scatuissem scatuissēs scatuisset scatuissēmus scatuissētis scatuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present scatē scatēte
future scatētō scatētō scatētōte scatentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives scatēre scatuisse
participles scatēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
scatendī scatendō scatendum scatendō

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*skeHt-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 551
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “scatō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543

Further reading

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