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Latin

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Etymology

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From arbiter +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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arbitror (present infinitive arbitrārī or arbitrārier, perfect active arbitrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to judge, arbitrate
  2. to witness, observe
  3. to believe, think
    Synonyms: sentio, reor, existimo, cogito, opinor, iudico, censeo, considero
    • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 60–61:
      Nōn iniūria; nam id arbitror / adprīmē in vītā esse ūtile, ut nēquid nimis.
      Not without reason; for I believe that it is an especially useful [rule] in life, that nothing [be done] in excess.
  4. to consider, be of the opinion
    Synonyms: considero, reputo, existimo, puto, pendo
    • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Iob.13.24:
      Cur faciem tuam abscondis et arbitraris me inimicum tuum?
      Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.18:
      Quo nostros postero die pabulatum venturos arbitraretur.
      Where he believed that our [soldiers] would come the next day to forage.
  5. to examine, consider, weigh
    Synonyms: aspiciō, cōnsīderō, circumspiciō, reputō, exsequor

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of arbitror (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present arbitror arbitrāris,
arbitrāre 		arbitrātur arbitrāmur arbitrāminī arbitrantur
imperfect arbitrābar arbitrābāris,
arbitrābāre 		arbitrābātur arbitrābāmur arbitrābāminī arbitrābantur
future arbitrābor arbitrāberis,
arbitrābere 		arbitrābitur arbitrābimur arbitrābiminī arbitrābuntur
perfect arbitrātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect arbitrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect arbitrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present arbitrer arbitrēris,
arbitrēre 		arbitrētur arbitrēmur arbitrēminī arbitrentur
imperfect arbitrārer arbitrārēris,
arbitrārēre 		arbitrārētur arbitrārēmur arbitrārēminī arbitrārentur
perfect arbitrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect arbitrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — arbitrāre — — arbitrāminī —
future — arbitrātor,
arbitrāminō 		arbitrātor — — arbitrantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present arbitrārī,
arbitrārier1 		— arbitrāns —
future arbitrātūrum esse — arbitrātūrus arbitrandus
perfect arbitrātum esse — arbitrātus —
future perfect arbitrātum fore — — —
perfect potential arbitrātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
arbitrandī arbitrandō arbitrandum arbitrandō arbitrātum arbitrātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

  • The second-person future active imperative in -minō is attested in Plautus, Epidicus 695.

Descendants

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References

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  • arbitror in Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch
  • “arbitror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “arbitror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “arbitror”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to feel superior to the affairs of life: res humanas infra se positas arbitrari
    • to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid infra se ducere or infra se positum arbitrari
  • arbitror in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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