Italian

Verb

capto

1. first-person singular present indicative of captare

Anagrams

• copta

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.toː/

Etymology 1

From capiō ‎(“take, capture”) +‎ -tō. See captus.

Alternative forms

• captiō (Late Latin) (see for further descendants)

Verb

captō ‎(present infinitive captāre, perfect active captāvī, supine captātum); first conjugation

1. I strive to seize, catch or grasp at.
2. (figuratively) I seek, aim at

Inflection

Derived terms

• captābilis
• captātiō
• captātor

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Participle

captō

1. dative masculine singular of captus
2. dative neuter singular of captus
3. ablative masculine singular of captus
4. ablative neuter singular of captus

References

• capto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “capto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to try and raise a laugh: risum captare
    
  • to court popularity: auram popularem captare (Liv. 3. 33)
    

Portuguese

Verb

capto

1. first-person singular present indicative of captar

Spanish

Verb

capto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of captar.