audiō, audīre, audīvī, audītum

Definitions for audīre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to hear, listen to
English derivatives:
audible audience audit audition auditory

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To have the use of one's ears, be able to hear, hear; grauius, minus, ~ire, to be hard of hearing, be deaf.
2
(tr.) To be or become aware of by hearing, hear the voice or sound of (a person); to hear (a voice or sound). (b) (w. pple. agreeing w. obj.; w. acc. and inf.). (c) (spec. off to auscultare).
3
To hear with understanding, hear (esp. articulate sounds). (b) (w. acc. and inf.) (c) (in abl. absol.) -~iente (~ientibus), in the hearing of -, with - as an audience.
4
To meet with (an expression), hear. (b) to understand, interpret (an expression, etc.). (c) to supply mentally (words not expressed), understand.
5
To hear said with respect to oneself; bene (male)~ire, to be addressed in kindly (harsh) terms; (w. pred. adj. or sb.) to hear oneself described as, be addressed as, be called; (w. pro) to be spoken of (as); (w. part. gen.) to be accounted (part of). (b) (w. ref. to habitual reputation) bene ~ire, to have a good name, be well spoken of; male ~ire, to have a bad name, be ill spoken of (sim. minus commode ~ire). (c) (w. in+abl) to be spoken of (in a specified connexion); (w. pf. inf.) to be reputed (to have done something).

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Sentences with audīre

Latin to English

Audīvimus cīvēs tam fidēlēs esse ut rem pūblicam cōnservārent. Compare We heard that the citizens were so faithful that they preserved the state.

Nōnne vīs audīre aliquid bonī?Compare You do wish to hear something good, don't you?

"Tacēte, omnēs!" magnā vōce clāmat. "Audīte mē!"Compare "Be quiet, everyone!" he cries in a loud voice. "Listen to me!"

O res non modo video foedus, sed etiam audio!Compare O fact shameful not only to be seen, but even to be heard of.

Nox silentium audio vox clarus humanus.Compare In the silence of the night he heard a voice louder than that of a man.

Conjugation table for audīre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
audiō audīs audit audīmus audītis audiunt	audiēbam audiēbās audiēbat audiēbāmus audiēbātis audiēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
audīvī audīvistī audīvit audīvimus audīvistis audīvērunt / audīvēre	audīveram audīverās audīverat audīverāmus audīverātis audīverant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
audiam audiēs audiet audiēmus audiētis audient	audīverō audīveris audīverit audīverimus audīveritis audīverint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
audiam audiās audiat audiāmus audiātis audiant	audīrem audīrēs audīret audīrēmus audīrētis audīrent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
audīverim audīveris audīverit audīverimus audīveritis audīverint	audīvissem audīvissēs audīvisset audīvissēmus audīvissētis audīvissent
Infinitive present audīre Infinitive perfect audīvisse Infinitive future audītūrum esse	Imperative present audī audīte Imperative future audītō audītō audītōte audiuntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
audior audīris audītur audīmur audīminī audiuntur	audiēbar audiēbāris / audiēbāre audiēbātur audiēbāmur audiēbāminī audiēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
audītus sum audītus es audītus est audītī sumus audītī estis audītī sunt	audītus eram audītus erās audītus erat audītī erāmus audītī erātis audītī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
audiar audiēris / audiēre audiētur audiēmur audiēminī audientur	audītus erō audītus eris audītus erit audītī erimus audītī eritis audītī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
audiar audiāris / audiāre audiātur audiāmur audiāminī audiantur	audīrer audīrēris / audīrēre audīrētur audīrēmur audīrēminī audīrentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
audītus sim audītus sīs audītus sit audītī sīmus audītī sītis audītī sint	audītus essem audītus essēs audītus esset audītī essēmus audītī essētis audītī essent
Infinitive present audīrī Infinitive perfect audītum esse Infinitive future audītum īrī	Imperative present audīre audīminī Imperative future audītor audītor - audīuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	audiēns	audientēs
Gen.	audientis	audientium
Dat.	audientī	audientibus
Acc.	audientem	audientēs
Abl.	audiente	audientibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	audītūrus	audītūrī
Gen.	audītūrī	audītūrōrum
Dat.	audītūrō	audītūrīs
Acc.	audītūrum	audītūrōs
Abl.	audītūrō	audītūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	audītus	audītī
Gen.	audītī	audītōrum
Dat.	audītō	audītīs
Acc.	audītum	audītōs
Abl.	audītō	audītīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	audiendus	audiendī
Gen.	audiendī	audiendōrum
Dat.	audiendō	audiendīs
Acc.	audiendum	audiendōs
Abl.	audiendō	audiendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	audīre	audītum
Gen.	audiendī	audītū
Dat.	audiendō
Acc.	audiendum
Abl.	audiendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 64.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 208.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "audiō, audīre, audīvī, audītum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 12, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/audio-audire-audivi-auditum.