oportet, oportēre, oportuīt

Definitions for oportēre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
impers., it is proper, right, necessary

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
It is demanded by some principle or standard, it is proper, right, requisite, etc. (often represented by Eng. 'ought', 'should'): (a) (w. acc. and inf.). (b) (colloq. w. acc. and pf. pple. pass., without esse). (c) (w. simple inf.). (d) (w. subj.). (e) (ellipt.).
2
(in a confident prediction) It is bound to happen, it is inevitable (that).
3
(expr. the presumed certainty of a fact) It must surely be the case, it may reasonably be expected (that). (b) (expr. the logical consequence).
4
(in pers. const., with action, etc., as subj.) To require (to be done, etc.).

Sentences with oportēre

Latin to English

Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat. dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.Compare My mistress says, there's not a man of all the many that she knows, she'd rather wed than me, not one, though Jove himself were to propose. She says so: but what woman says to him who fancies he has caught her, 'tis only fit it should be writ in air or running water. (Tr. Theodore Martin)

Religentem esse oportet; religiosum nefas.Compare It is reasonable to be religious, abominable to be supertitious. [Anonymous poet]

Mendacem memorem esse oportere.Compare A liar should have a good memory.

Convivarum numerum incipere oportere a Gratiarum numero et progredi ad Musarum, id est profisci a tribus et consistere in novem.Compare The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.

Conjugation table for oportēre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
- - oportet - - -	- - oportēbat - - -
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
- - oportuit - - -	- - oportuerat - - -
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
- - oportēbit - - -	- - oportuerit - - -
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
- - oporteat - - -	- - oportēret - - -
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
- - oportuerit - - -	- - oportuisset - - -
Infinitive present oportēre Infinitive perfect oportuisse Infinitive future -	Imperative present - - Imperative future - oportētō - -

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
- - oportentēs - - -	- - - - - -
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
- - oportendō - - -	- - - - -
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
- - - - - -	- - - - -
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
- - - - - -	- - oportendō - - -
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
- - oportuerit - - -	- - oportuisset - - -
Infinitive present Infinitive perfect Infinitive future -	Imperative present - - Imperative future - oportendīs - -

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	oportēns	oportentēs
Gen.	oportentis	oportentium
Dat.	oportentī	oportentibus
Acc.	oportentem	oportentēs
Abl.	oportente	oportentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	-	-
Gen.	-	-
Dat.	-	-
Acc.	-	-
Abl.	-	-
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	-	-
Gen.	-	-
Dat.	-	-
Acc.	-	-
Abl.	-	-
	Gerundive
Nom.	oportendus	oportendī
Gen.	oportendī	oportendōrum
Dat.	oportendō	oportendīs
Acc.	oportendum	oportendōs
Abl.	oportendō	oportendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	oportēre	-
Gen.	oportendī	-
Dat.	oportendō
Acc.	oportendum
Abl.	oportendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 279.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1254.
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): 123.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "oportet, oportēre, oportuīt (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 3, 2023. Accessed December 27, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/oportet-oportere-oportuit.