Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1633.respondeō on page 1633
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respondēre to reply
respondēre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to reply.
Definitions for respondēre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to answer
English derivatives:
respond response responsive responsibility. correspond
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To speak in answer to a question, request, etc., reply; (orig. prob. a leg. term used w. ref. to the sponsio, cf. the Ulpian quot.). (b) (w. dat. denoting the questioner or his words, etc.). (c) (w. ad; also aduersus). (d) (poet., of places echoing a sound). (e) (w. dat.) to answer in writing, reply to (a letter). (f) (pregn.) to reply officiously or inappropriately, answer back.
- 2
(w. acc. of neut. pron., etc.) To say (write) in answer. (b) (w. dir. sp.). (c) (w. acc. and inf.). (d) (w. indir. qu.).
- 3
(w. acc. of neut. pron., etc.) To reply (to a question), answer (about a matter).
- 4
To give a formal or official reply: (a) (of rulers or governing bodies to envoys, petitioners, etc.). (b) (of oracles, priests, or sim.). (c) (of jurisconsults or sim.); ius ~dere, to pronounce one's ruling on a point of law.
- 5
To answer a charge, speak in defence of oneself or another. (b) (w. dat. of person, charges, etc.; also w. preps.). (c) (w. acc. of neuter pron.) to say in refutation; (also w. acc. and inf.). (d) (transf.) to reply to an argument, put forward an opposite point of view.
Sentences with respondēre
Latin to English
Cum cōnsul haec verba dīxisset, senātus respondit pecūniam ad hanc rem collātam esse.Compare When the consul had spoken these words, the senate replied that money had been brought together for this purpose.
Cum hoc dīxissēmus, illī vīgintī respondērunt sē pācem aequam oblaturos esse.Compare When he had said this, those twenty men replied that they would offer a just peace.
Multum et diū clāmat lanius, sed Pseudolus nihil respondet.Compare The butcher shouts a lot and for a long time, but Pseudolus makes no reply.
Potest cantare Alleluia, potest respondere Amen.Compare One may sing Allelulia and answer Amen.
Ambo florentes aetatibus, Arcade ambo, et cantare pares et respondere parati.Compare They were both in the flower of their youth, Arcadian, both ready to sing at the drop of a hat, or to take a tune up.
Hic ego sententia non probo, ut noster in amicus benevolentia ille erga ego benevolentia pariter respondeo.Compare I do not approve this sentiment, that our kindness to our friends should correspond to their kindness towards us.
Respondeo sui, familia funestus Q. Fabius frater mors, laurea non accipio.Compare He answered that he would not accept the laurel, while his family were in mourning of the death of his brother, Q. Fabius.
Quis respondeo liberi meus?Compare What answer shall I make to my children?
Conjugation table for respondēre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| respondeō respondēs respondet respondēmus respondētis respondent | respondēbam respondēbās respondēbat respondēbāmus respondēbātis respondēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| respondī respondistī respondit respondimus respondistis respondērunt / respondēre | responderam responderās responderat responderāmus responderātis responderant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| respondēbō respondēbis respondēbit respondēbimus respondēbitis respondēbunt | responderō responderis responderit responderimus responderitis responderint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| respondeam respondeās respondeat respondeāmus respondeātis respondeant | respondērem respondērēs respondēret respondērēmus respondērētis respondērent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| responderim responderis responderit responderimus responderitis responderint | respondissem respondissēs respondisset respondissēmus respondissētis respondissent |
Infinitive present respondēre Infinitive perfect respondisse Infinitive future respōnsūrum esse | Imperative present respondē respondēte Imperative future respondētō respondētō respondētōte respondentō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| respondeor respondēris respondētur respondēmur respondēminī respondentur | respondēbar respondēbāris / respondēbāre respondēbātur respondēbāmur respondēbāminī respondēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| respōnsus sum respōnsus es respōnsus est respōnsī sumus respōnsī estis respōnsī sunt | respōnsus eram respōnsus erās respōnsus erat respōnsī erāmus respōnsī erātis respōnsī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| respondēbor respondēberis / respondēbere respondēbitur respondēbimur respondēbiminī respondēbuntur | respōnsus erō respōnsus eris respōnsus erit respōnsī erimus respōnsī eritis respōnsī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| respondear respondeāris / respondeāre respondeātur respondeāmur respondeāminī respondeantur | respondērer respondērēris / respondērēre respondērētur respondērēmur respondērēminī respondērentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| respōnsus sim respōnsus sīs respōnsus sit respōnsī sīmus respōnsī sītis respōnsī sint | respōnsus essem respōnsus essēs respōnsus esset respōnsī essēmus respōnsī essētis respōnsī essent |
Infinitive present respondērī Infinitive perfect respōnsum esse Infinitive future respōnsum īrī | Imperative present respondēre respondēminī Imperative future respondētor respondētor - respondentor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | respondēns | respondentēs |
| Gen. | respondentis | respondentium |
| Dat. | respondentī | respondentibus |
| Acc. | respondentem | respondentēs |
| Abl. | respondente | respondentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | respōnsūrus | respōnsūrī |
| Gen. | respōnsūrī | respōnsūrōrum |
| Dat. | respōnsūrō | respōnsūrīs |
| Acc. | respōnsūrum | respōnsūrōs |
| Abl. | respōnsūrō | respōnsūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | respōnsus | respōnsī |
| Gen. | respōnsī | respōnsōrum |
| Dat. | respōnsō | respōnsīs |
| Acc. | respōnsum | respōnsōs |
| Abl. | respōnsō | respōnsīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | respondendus | respondendī |
| Gen. | respondendī | respondendōrum |
| Dat. | respondendō | respondendīs |
| Acc. | respondendum | respondendōs |
| Abl. | respondendō | respondendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | respondēre | respōnsum |
| Gen. | respondendī | respōnsū |
| Dat. | respondendō | |
| Acc. | respondendum | |
| Abl. | respondendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 197.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1633.
- 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): 121.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "respondeō, respondēre, respondī, respōnsum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/respondeo-respondere-respondi-responsum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 197.respondeō, respondēre, respondī, respōnsum on page 197
