contemplor

Latin

Alternative forms

• contemplō

Etymology

From con- (“with”) +‎ templum (“shrine, area for auspices”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈtem.plor/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛmpɫ̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtem.plor/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛmplor]

Verb

contemplor (present infinitive contemplārī or contemplārier, perfect active contemplātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to observe, note or notice
2. to gaze at or regard
3. to contemplate

Conjugation

Conjugation of contemplor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contemplor	contemplāris, contemplāre	contemplātur	contemplāmur	contemplāminī	contemplantur
	imperfect	contemplābar	contemplābāris, contemplābāre	contemplābātur	contemplābāmur	contemplābāminī	contemplābantur
	future	contemplābor	contemplāberis, contemplābere	contemplābitur	contemplābimur	contemplābiminī	contemplābuntur
	perfect	contemplātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contemplātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contemplātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contempler	contemplēris, contemplēre	contemplētur	contemplēmur	contemplēminī	contemplentur
	imperfect	contemplārer	contemplārēris, contemplārēre	contemplārētur	contemplārēmur	contemplārēminī	contemplārentur
	perfect	contemplātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contemplātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	contemplāre	—	—	contemplāminī	—
	future	—	contemplātor	contemplātor	—	—	contemplantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		contemplārī, contemplārier1	contemplātum esse	contemplātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		contemplāns	contemplātus	contemplātūrus	—	—	contemplandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		contemplandī	contemplandō	contemplandum	contemplandō	contemplātum	contemplātū

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

Derived terms

• contemplābilis
• contemplābiliter
• contemplābundus
• contemplātim
• contemplātiō
• contemplātīvus
• contemplātor
• contemplātōrius
• contemplātrīx
• contemplātus

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: contemplar
• → English: contemplate
• → French: contempler
• → Galician: contemplar
• → Italian: contemplare
• → Occitan: contemplar
• → Portuguese: contemplar
• → Romanian: contempla
• → Spanish: contemplar

References

• “contemplor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contemplor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contemplor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.