LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, deponent

cohortor

cohortor (present infinitive cohortārī, perfect active cohortātus sum)
Classical[koˈ(ɦ)ɔr.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[koˈɔr.tor]

Meaning

  1. deponentto encourage or exhort

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.cohortorcohortābarcohortābor———
2nd sg.cohortāris
cohortāre
cohortābāris
cohortābāre
cohortāberis
cohortābere
———
3rd sg.cohortāturcohortābāturcohortābitur———
1st pl.cohortāmurcohortābāmurcohortābimur———
2nd pl.cohortāminīcohortābāminīcohortābiminī———
3rd pl.cohortanturcohortābanturcohortābuntur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.cohortercohortārer——
2nd sg.cohortēris
cohortēre
cohortārēris
cohortārēre
——
3rd sg.cohortēturcohortārētur——
1st pl.cohortēmurcohortārēmur——
2nd pl.cohortēminīcohortārēminī——
3rd pl.cohortenturcohortārentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.cohortāre—
pres. 2nd pl.cohortāminī—
fut. 2nd sg.cohortātor—
fut. 3rd sg.cohortātor—
fut. 3rd pl.cohortantor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecohortārī—
perfect infinitivecohortātum esse—
future infinitivecohortātūrum esse—
present participlecohortāns
cohortante, cohortantem, cohortantēs, cohortantī, cohortantia, cohortantibus, cohortantis, cohortantīs, cohortantium
—
perfect participlecohortātus—
future participlecohortātūruscohortandus
gerundcohortandī, cohortandō, cohortandumsupinecohortātum, cohortātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ad virtutem excitare, cohortari (or simply adhortari, cohortari)
to incite to valour.

cŏ-hortor, ātus, 1, v. dep.,
I. to animate or encourage by forcible language, to incite, exhort, admonish.
I. Esp., of the general before a battle, or in other milit. proceedings: cohortatus suos proelium commisit, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: acies instruenda, milites cohortandi, signum dandum, id. ib. 2, 20: exercitum ad pugnam, id. B. C. 3, 90: militem ad proelium, Quint. 12, 1, 28.—
(b). With inf., Auct. B. Alex. 21; cf. Tac. A. 12, 49.—
(g). With ut or ne: Scipionis milites cohortatur, ut, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 82; Tac. Agr. 36: ipse adit reliquos, cohortatur, ne labori succumbant, Caes. B. G. 7, 86; cf. II.—
II. In gen., and without the sphere of military operations (in good prose).
1. Absol.: hac (eloquentiā) et cohortamur, hac persuademus, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 148; Quint. 11, 3, 124: vereor ne majorem vim ad deterrendum habuerit quam ad cohortandum, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 258.—
2. Aliquem: Caesar Remos cohortatus liberaliterque oratione prosecutus, Caes. B. G. 2, 5 init.; cf.: non sibi cohortandum Sulpicium, sed magis conlaudandum videri, Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 20.—
3. Aliquem ad aliquid: aliquem ad virtutem, Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 35: in hominibus ad virtutis studium cohortandis, id. Ac. 1, 4, 16: ad studium summae laudis, id. Fam. 2, 4, 2: ad pacem. id. Att. 15, 1, A, 3: ad concordiam, Suet. Claud. 46: ad libertatem recuperandam, Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 11. —
4. With final clause; with ut: fratrem cohortatus, ut, etc., Suet. Oth. 10.—With ne: cohortantibus invicem, ne, etc., Suet. Galb. 10.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰer-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʰórtos
  6. Proto-Italic*hortosder.?
  7. Proto-Italic*horti-
  8. Latincohortor

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cohortor From cohors + -ō.

Descendants
  • Italiancoortare
  • Spanishconhortar

Quick answers

What does cohortor mean in Latin?
cohortor, a verb, means “to encourage or exhort”.
What are the principal parts of cohortor?
cohortor, cohortārī, cohortātus sum (first conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce cohortor?
In classical Latin, [koˈ(ɦ)ɔr.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koˈɔr.tor].
Where does cohortor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- → Proto-Indo-European *gʰórtos → Proto-Italic *hortosder.? → Proto-Italic *horti- → Latin cohortor.