amoveo

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ moveō (“move”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aːˈmo.u̯e.oː/, [äːˈmou̯eoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ve.o/, [äˈmɔːveo]

Verb

āmoveō (present infinitive āmovēre, perfect active āmōvī, supine āmōtum); second conjugation

to remove from, move, put, or take away
(especially with reflexive) to withdraw, retire
to take away by stealth, steal, or snatch
(by extension) to avert, allay
(by extension) to get rid of, exile, banish
(of abstract ideas) to put away, cast off, dissociate

Conjugation

Conjugation of āmoveō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	āmoveō	āmovēs		āmovet	āmovēmus	āmovētis		āmovent
	imperfect	āmovēbam	āmovēbās		āmovēbat	āmovēbāmus	āmovēbātis		āmovēbant
	future	āmovēbō	āmovēbis		āmovēbit	āmovēbimus	āmovēbitis		āmovēbunt
	perfect	āmōvī	āmōvistī		āmōvit	āmōvimus	āmōvistis		āmōvērunt, āmōvēre
	pluperfect	āmōveram	āmōverās		āmōverat	āmōverāmus	āmōverātis		āmōverant
	future perfect	āmōverō	āmōveris		āmōverit	āmōverimus	āmōveritis		āmōverint
passive	present	āmoveor	āmovēris, āmovēre		āmovētur	āmovēmur	āmovēminī		āmoventur
	imperfect	āmovēbar	āmovēbāris, āmovēbāre		āmovēbātur	āmovēbāmur	āmovēbāminī		āmovēbantur
	future	āmovēbor	āmovēberis, āmovēbere		āmovēbitur	āmovēbimur	āmovēbiminī		āmovēbuntur
	perfect	āmōtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	āmōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	āmōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	āmoveam	āmoveās		āmoveat	āmoveāmus	āmoveātis		āmoveant
	imperfect	āmovērem	āmovērēs		āmovēret	āmovērēmus	āmovērētis		āmovērent
	perfect	āmōverim	āmōverīs		āmōverit	āmōverīmus	āmōverītis		āmōverint
	pluperfect	āmōvissem	āmōvissēs		āmōvisset	āmōvissēmus	āmōvissētis		āmōvissent
passive	present	āmovear	āmoveāris, āmoveāre		āmoveātur	āmoveāmur	āmoveāminī		āmoveantur
	imperfect	āmovērer	āmovērēris, āmovērēre		āmovērētur	āmovērēmur	āmovērēminī		āmovērentur
	perfect	āmōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	āmōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	āmovē		—	—	āmovēte		—
active	future	—	āmovētō		āmovētō	—	āmovētōte		āmoventō
passive	present	—	āmovēre		—	—	āmovēminī		—
passive	future	—	āmovētor		āmovētor	—	—		āmoventor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		āmovēre		āmovērī		āmovēns		—
future		āmōtūrum esse		āmōtum īrī		āmōtūrus		āmovendus
perfect		āmōvisse		āmōtum esse		—		āmōtus
future perfect		—		āmōtum fore		—		—
perfect potential		āmōtūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		āmovendī	āmovendō		āmovendum	āmovendō	āmōtum		āmōtū

Synonyms

(remove): tollō, auferō, āvertō, ēripiō, eximō, adimō, abdūcō, exhauriō
(retire): facessō, dēcēdō, discēdō, deficiō, cēdō, concēdō, excēdō, abscēdō, regredior, subtrahō, subdūcō, inclīnō, recēdō, recipiō, vertō, referō
(steal): dēmō, rapiō, auferō, fraudō, abdūcō, āvertō, dīripiō, adimō, ēripiō, corripiō, tollō, praedor, legō, agō
(banish): abdō, ablēgō, dēpellō, eximō, expellō, exterminō, fugō, auferō, pellō, prōiciō, relēgō, submoveō

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “retire”): prōgredior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, prōficiō, aggredior, ēvehō, incēdō, accēdō, adeō

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

⇒ French: amovible
⇒ Italian: amovibile, ⇒ amozione
Portuguese: amover
⇒ Romanian: amovibil
Spanish: amover
Dutch: amoveren

References

“amoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“amoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
amoveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to exonerate oneself from blame: culpam a se amovere