arbitror

Latin

Etymology

From arbiter +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

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
  4. to consider, be of the opinion
    Synonyms: considero, reputo, existimo, puto, pendo
    • 405 CE, Jerome, 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
   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 arbitrātor — — arbitrantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives arbitrārī,
arbitrārier1		 arbitrātum esse arbitrātūrum esse — — —
participles arbitrāns arbitrātus arbitrātūrus — — arbitrandus
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.

Descendants

References
  • 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, 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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