putō, putāre, putāvī, putātum

Definitions for putāre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to reckon, suppose, judge, think, imagine
English derivatives:
compute count account depute dispute impute putative repute amputate

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To make clean or tidy: (a) to prune, cut back (trees and bushes). (b) to scour (wool). (c) to purify. refine (gold).
2
rationem (~es) ~are, To add up and balance, make up accounts.
3
To go over in the mind, ponder. (b) to go over in words, discuss.
4
To estimate, assess. (b) (esp. w. gen. or abl. of value; usu. transf.).
5
(w. pred. acc. or the equivalent) To consider (to be), regard (as), deem. (b) (w. pro, in+ abl., supra).

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Sentences with putāre

Latin to English

Ille dux putāvit patriam esse sibi cāriōrem quam vītam. Compare That leader thought that his country was dearer to him than life.

Putō eōs malōs quī in urbe maneant īnfīrmōs futūrōs esse sine duce.Compare I think those evil men who remain in the city will be weak without their leader.

Putō deus fīō. (Suetonius, Vespasian XXIII)Compare I think I'm becoming a god! (Spoken by the emperor Vespasian on his deathbed.)

Homo Sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto.Compare I am human: Nothing human is alien to me.

Luctantur pecusque leve in contraris tendunt hac amor hac odium, sed, puto, vincit amor. Odero, si potero; si non, invitus amabo.Compare Struggling over my fickle heart, love draws it now this way, and now that - but love, I think, is winning. I will hate, if I have strength; if not, I shall love unwilling.

Ego tu non demens puto, qui hic audeo primum facio, deinde confiteor?Compare Shall I not deem you mad, you who have dared first to do, then to confess this?

Si Latona dea puto, Hecata non puto, qui mater Asteria sum, Latona soror?Compare If you consider Latona a goddess, do you not consider Hecate one, who is the daughter of Asteria, Latona's sister?

Cum rapiunt mala fata bonos—ignoscite fasso!— sollicitor nullos esse putare deos.Compare When evil fate sweeps away the good—forgive me who say it!—I am tempted to think there are no gods.

Conjugation table for putāre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
putō putās putat putāmus putātis putant	putābam putābās putābat putābāmus putābātis putābant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
putāvī putāvistī putāvit putāvimus putāvistis putāvērunt / putāvēre	putāveram putāverās putāverat putāverāmus putāverātis putāverant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
putābō putābis putābit putābimus putābitis putābunt	putāverō putāveris putāverit putāverimus putāveritis putāverint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
putem putēs putet putēmus putētis putent	putārem putārēs putāret putārēmus putārētis putārent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
putāverim putāveris putāverit putāverimus putāveritis putāverint	putāvissem putāvissēs putāvisset putāvissēmus putāvissētis putāvissent
Infinitive present putāre Infinitive perfect putāvisse Infinitive future putātūrum esse	Imperative present putā putāte Imperative future putātō putātō putātōte putantō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
putor putāris putātur putāmur putāminī putantur	putābar putābāris / putābāre putābātur putābāmur putābāminī putābantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
putātus sum putātus es putātus est putātī sumus putātī estis putātī sunt	putātus eram putātus erās putātus erat putātī erāmus putātī erātis putātī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
putābor putāberis / putābere putābitur putābimur putābiminī putābuntur	putātus erō putātus eris putātus erit putātī erimus putātī eritis putātī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
puter putēris / putēre putētur putēmur putēminī putentur	putārer putārēris / putārēre putārētur putārēmur putārēminī putārentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
putātus sim putātus sīs putātus sit putātī sīmus putātī sītis putātī sint	putātus essem putātus essēs putātus esset putātī essēmus putātī essētis putātī essent
Infinitive present putārī Infinitive perfect putātum esse Infinitive future putātum īrī	Imperative present putāre putāminī Imperative future putātor putātor - putāntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	putāns	putantēs
Gen.	putantis	putantium
Dat.	putantī	putantibus
Acc.	putantem	putantēs
Abl.	putante	putantibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	putātūrus	putātūrī
Gen.	putātūrī	putātūrōrum
Dat.	putātūrō	putātūrīs
Acc.	putātūrum	putātūrōs
Abl.	putātūrō	putātūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	putātus	putātī
Gen.	putātī	putātōrum
Dat.	putātō	putātīs
Acc.	putātum	putātōs
Abl.	putātō	putātīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	putandus	putandī
Gen.	putandī	putandōrum
Dat.	putandō	putandīs
Acc.	putandum	putandōs
Abl.	putandō	putandīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	putāre	putātum
Gen.	putandī	putātū
Dat.	putandō
Acc.	putandum
Abl.	putandō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 167.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1526.
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. "putō, putāre, putāvī, putātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 21, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/puto-putare-putavi-putatum.