LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

certiōrō

certiōrō (present infinitive certiōrāre, perfect active certiōrāvī, supine certiōrātum)
Classical[kɛr.tiˈoː.roː]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃer.t͡siˈɔː.ro]

Meaning

  1. to inform
  2. to show
  3. to apprise

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.certiōrōcertiōrābamcertiōrābōcertiōrāvīcertiōrāveramcertiōrāverō
2nd sg.certiōrāscertiōrābāscertiōrābiscertiōrāvistīcertiōrāverāscertiōrāveris
3rd sg.certiōratcertiōrābatcertiōrābitcertiōrāvitcertiōrāveratcertiōrāverit
1st pl.certiōrāmuscertiōrābāmuscertiōrābimuscertiōrāvimuscertiōrāverāmuscertiōrāverimus
2nd pl.certiōrātiscertiōrābātiscertiōrābitiscertiōrāvistiscertiōrāverātiscertiōrāveritis
3rd pl.certiōrantcertiōrābantcertiōrābuntcertiōrāvērunt
certiōrāvēre
certiōrāverantcertiōrāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.certiōremcertiōrāremcertiōrāverimcertiōrāvissem
2nd sg.certiōrēscertiōrārēscertiōrāverīscertiōrāvissēs
3rd sg.certiōretcertiōrāretcertiōrāveritcertiōrāvisset
1st pl.certiōrēmuscertiōrārēmuscertiōrāverīmuscertiōrāvissēmus
2nd pl.certiōrētiscertiōrārētiscertiōrāverītiscertiōrāvissētis
3rd pl.certiōrentcertiōrārentcertiōrāverintcertiōrāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.certiōrorcertiōrābarcertiōrābor
2nd sg.certiōrāris
certiōrāre
certiōrābāris
certiōrābāre
certiōrāberis
certiōrābere
3rd sg.certiōrāturcertiōrābāturcertiōrābitur
1st pl.certiōrāmurcertiōrābāmurcertiōrābimur
2nd pl.certiōrāminīcertiōrābāminīcertiōrābiminī
3rd pl.certiōranturcertiōrābanturcertiōrābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.certiōrercertiōrārer
2nd sg.certiōrēris
certiōrēre
certiōrārēris
certiōrārēre
3rd sg.certiōrēturcertiōrārētur
1st pl.certiōrēmurcertiōrārēmur
2nd pl.certiōrēminīcertiōrārēminī
3rd pl.certiōrenturcertiōrārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.certiōrācertiōrāre
pres. 2nd pl.certiōrātecertiōrāminī
fut. 2nd sg.certiōrātōcertiōrātor
fut. 3rd sg.certiōrātōcertiōrātor
fut. 2nd pl.certiōrātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.certiōrantōcertiōrantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecertiōrārecertiōrārī
perfect infinitivecertiōrāvissecertiōrātum esse
future infinitivecertiōrātūrum essecertiōrātum īrī
present participlecertiōrāns—
perfect participle—certiōrātus
future participlecertiōrātūruscertiōrandus
gerundcertiōrandī, certiōrandō, certiōrandumsupinecertiōrātum, certiōrātū

certĭōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. certior, = certiorem facere,
I. to inform, apprise, show (only in jurid. Lat., and most freq. used by Ulpian), Gai 2, 190; Dig. 13, 6, 5, § 8; 19, 1, 1 fin.: certioratus, ib. 29, 4, 1, § 4; 43, 29, 3, § 6.

Origins

A contraction of certiōrem facere ("to search", literally "to make more certain").

Descendants
  • Englishcertiorari
  • Spanishcerciorar

Quick answers

What does certiōrō mean in Latin?
certiōrō, a verb, means “to inform; to show; to apprise”.
What are the principal parts of certiōrō?
certiōrō, certiōrāre, certiōrāvī, certiōrātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce certiōrō?
In classical Latin, [kɛr.tiˈoː.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃer.t͡siˈɔː.ro].