Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1271.ōrō on page 1271
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ōrāre to plead
ōrāre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to plead.
Definitions for ōrāre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to speak, plead, beg, beseech, entreat, pray
English derivatives:
orator oration oracle orison adore inexorable peroration
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To pray to, beseech, supplicate (a person, god, etc., for a favour). (b) (w. ut, ne, or subj. alone). (c) (w. inf. or acc. and inf.). (d) (w. pred. noun). (e) (ellipt. or absol.) (f) (~o te, etc., or ~o alone, used paratactically in requests; also in questions).
- 2
(absol. or intr.) To speak before a court or assembly, plead; (also w. internal acc.). (b) ~are causam (litem), to plead a case.
Sentences with ōrāre
Latin to English
Eum ōrāvī nē rēgī turpī pārēret.Compare I begged him not to obey the disgraceful king.
Ianitorem orabant ne se dimitteret.Compare They begged the door-keeper not to send them away.
Legatus ad is venio oro, ut sui ignosco suusque vita consulo.Compare Ambassadors came to him to beg that he would forgive them, and take some thought for their life.
Sed satis est orare Iovem, qui ponit et aufert, det vitam, det opes; aequum mi animum ipse parabo.Compare Nay, it is enough to ask Jove, who gives them and take them away, that he grant life and subsistence; a balanced mind I will find for myself.
Tu miles tuus oro, ut ego pugno copia facio.Compare We, your soldiers, beseech you to give us an opportunity of fighting.
Hic ut facio, ego postulo, hic oro atque obsecro.Compare I ask, he prays and beseeches them to do this.
Conjugation table for ōrāre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| ōrō ōrās ōrat ōrāmus ōrātis ōrant | ōrābam ōrābās ōrābat ōrābāmus ōrābātis ōrābant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| ōrāvī ōrāvistī ōrāvit ōrāvimus ōrāvistis ōrāvērunt / ōrāvēre | ōrāveram ōrāverās ōrāverat ōrāverāmus ōrāverātis ōrāverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| ōrābō ōrābis ōrābit ōrābimus ōrābitis ōrābunt | ōrāverō ōrāveris ōrāverit ōrāverimus ōrāveritis ōrāverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| ōrem ōrēs ōret ōrēmus ōrētis ōrent | ōrārem ōrārēs ōrāret ōrārēmus ōrārētis ōrārent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| ōrāverim ōrāveris ōrāverit ōrāverimus ōrāveritis ōrāverint | ōrāvissem ōrāvissēs ōrāvisset ōrāvissēmus ōrāvissētis ōrāvissent |
Infinitive present ōrāre Infinitive perfect ōrāvisse Infinitive future ōrātūrum esse | Imperative present ōrā ōrāte Imperative future ōrātō ōrātō ōrātōte ōrantō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| ōror ōrāris ōrātur ōrāmur ōrāminī ōrantur | ōrābar ōrābāris / ōrābāre ōrābātur ōrābāmur ōrābāminī ōrābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| ōrātus sum ōrātus es ōrātus est ōrātī sumus ōrātī estis ōrātī sunt | ōrātus eram ōrātus erās ōrātus erat ōrātī erāmus ōrātī erātis ōrātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| ōrābor ōrāberis / ōrābere ōrābitur ōrābimur ōrābiminī ōrābuntur | ōrātus erō ōrātus eris ōrātus erit ōrātī erimus ōrātī eritis ōrātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| ōrer ōrēris / ōrēre ōrētur ōrēmur ōrēminī ōrentur | ōrārer ōrārēris / ōrārēre ōrārētur ōrārēmur ōrārēminī ōrārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| ōrātus sim ōrātus sīs ōrātus sit ōrātī sīmus ōrātī sītis ōrātī sint | ōrātus essem ōrātus essēs ōrātus esset ōrātī essēmus ōrātī essētis ōrātī essent |
Infinitive present ōrārī Infinitive perfect ōrātum esse Infinitive future ōrātum īrī | Imperative present ōrāre ōrāminī Imperative future ōrātor ōrātor - ōrāntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | ōrāns | ōrantēs |
| Gen. | ōrantis | ōrantium |
| Dat. | ōrantī | ōrantibus |
| Acc. | ōrantem | ōrantēs |
| Abl. | ōrante | ōrantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | ōrātūrus | ōrātūrī |
| Gen. | ōrātūrī | ōrātūrōrum |
| Dat. | ōrātūrō | ōrātūrīs |
| Acc. | ōrātūrum | ōrātūrōs |
| Abl. | ōrātūrō | ōrātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | ōrātus | ōrātī |
| Gen. | ōrātī | ōrātōrum |
| Dat. | ōrātō | ōrātīs |
| Acc. | ōrātum | ōrātōs |
| Abl. | ōrātō | ōrātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | ōrandus | ōrandī |
| Gen. | ōrandī | ōrandōrum |
| Dat. | ōrandō | ōrandīs |
| Acc. | ōrandum | ōrandōs |
| Abl. | ōrandō | ōrandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | ōrāre | ōrātum |
| Gen. | ōrandī | ōrātū |
| Dat. | ōrandō | |
| Acc. | ōrandum | |
| Abl. | ōrandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 256.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1271.
- 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): 125.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ōrō, ōrāre, ōrāvī, ōrātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/oro-orare-oravi-oratum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 256.ōrō on page 256
