eniteo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) +‎ niteō (“shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈni.te.oː/, [eːˈnɪt̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈni.te.o/, [eˈniːt̪eo]

Verb

ēniteō (present infinitive ēnitēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

1. to shine forth or out, gleam; brighten

   Synonyms: candeō, splendeō, niteō, fulgeō, resplendeō, micō

2. (figuratively) to be distinguished or eminent

   Synonyms: ēmineō, excellō, exstō, antecēdō, praeēmineō, splendeō

   • c. 140 BCE, Accius, Atreus 20:

     Probae etsi in segetem sunt deteriorem datae / Fruges, tamen ipsae suapte natura enitent.

     Though seed be sown on unpropitious soil, / It springs and ripens by its innate virtue.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.149–150:

     [...] haud illō sēgnior ībat / Aenēās; tantum ēgregiō decus ēnitet ōre.

     [...] that by no means was Aeneas preparing to go with any less grace [than Apollo]; as great a glory shone forth from [the man’s] most noble face.
     (Aeneas is beyond distinguished; in this simile he appears to “radiate” god-like traits, at least as perceived by Dido.)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ēniteō (second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ēniteō		ēnitēs		ēnitet		ēnitēmus		ēnitētis		ēnitent
	imperfect	ēnitēbam		ēnitēbās		ēnitēbat		ēnitēbāmus		ēnitēbātis		ēnitēbant
	future	ēnitēbō		ēnitēbis		ēnitēbit		ēnitēbimus		ēnitēbitis		ēnitēbunt
passive	present	ēniteor		ēnitēre, ēnitēris		ēnitētur		ēnitēmur		ēnitēminī		ēnitentur
	imperfect	ēnitēbar		ēnitēbāre, ēnitēbāris		ēnitēbātur		ēnitēbāmur		ēnitēbāminī		ēnitēbantur
	future	ēnitēbor		ēnitēbere, ēnitēberis		ēnitēbitur		ēnitēbimur		ēnitēbiminī		ēnitēbuntur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ēniteam		ēniteās		ēniteat		ēniteāmus		ēniteātis		ēniteant
	imperfect	ēnitērem		ēnitērēs		ēnitēret		ēnitērēmus		ēnitērētis		ēnitērent
passive	present	ēnitear		ēniteāre, ēniteāris		ēniteātur		ēniteāmur		ēniteāminī		ēniteantur
	imperfect	ēnitērer		ēnitērēre, ēnitērēris		ēnitērētur		ēnitērēmur		ēnitērēminī		ēnitērentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ēnitē		—		—		ēnitēte		—
	future	—		ēnitētō		ēnitētō		—		ēnitētōte		ēnitentō
passive	present	—		ēnitēre		—		—		ēnitēminī		—
	future	—		ēnitētor		ēnitētor		—		—		ēnitentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ēnitēre			ēnitērī			ēnitēns			—
future		—			—			—			ēnitendus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ēnitendī		ēnitendō		ēnitendum		ēnitendō		—		—

Related terms

• interniteō
• niteō
• perniteō
• praeniteō
• reniteō

See also

• ēnitēscō
• ēnītor

References

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