opperior
Meaning
- deponentintransitiveto wait, await
servom meum miror ubi sit, quem ego me iusseram hic opperiri
I wonder where my slave is; I ordered him to wait for me herec. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 696–698 - deponenttransitiveto wait for
hic ego virum interea opperibor.
Meanwhile, I'll wait here for my husbnad163 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 4.619manet imperterritus ille hostem magnanimum opperiens
He remains there undaunted, awaiting his noble foe29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 10.771
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Manere · Exspectare · Præstolari · Opperiri
1. Manere (from μένειν) denotes a mere physical act to remain in a place, till something has happened; whereas exspectare, præstolari, and opperiri, denote a mental act, to wait for, to wait in conscious expectation of some event, or of some person. 2. Exspectare denotes waiting for, almost as a mere mental act, as a feeling, without practical reference or accessory meaning; whereas præstolari and opperiri, with the accessory notion that the person waiting intends, after the arrival of the object waited for, to do something. 3. The præstolans (from παραστέλλεσθαι) waits for a person in order to perform services for him; the opperiens, for an occurrence, in order not to be taken by surprise. The præstolans stands in subordinate relation to the person waited for; the opperiens, in co-ordinate, whether as friend or foe. Lastly, præstolari is a prose expression; opperiri, a poetical, or at least, a select expression. For the German distinction between warten and harren, the former denoting calm, passionless waiting for, the latter, eager, impatient longing for, the Latins have no correspondent synonymes. (iii. 57.)
Conjugation conjugation 4 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | opperior | opperiēbar opperībar | opperiar opperībor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | opperīris opperīre | opperiēbāris opperiēbāre, opperībāris, opperībāre | opperiēris opperiēre, opperīberis, opperībere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | opperītur | opperiēbātur opperībātur | opperiētur opperībitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | opperīmur | opperiēbāmur opperībāmur | opperiēmur opperībimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | opperīminī | opperiēbāminī opperībāminī | opperiēminī opperībiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | opperiuntur | opperiēbantur opperībantur | opperientur opperībuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | opperiar | opperīrer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | opperiāris opperiāre | opperīrēris opperīrēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | opperiātur | opperīrētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | opperiāmur | opperīrēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | opperiāminī | opperīrēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | opperiantur | opperīrentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | opperīre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | opperīminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | opperītor opperīminō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | opperītor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | opperiuntor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | opperīrī opperīrier | — |
| perfect infinitive | opperītum esse oppertum esse | — |
| future infinitive | opperītūrum esse oppertūrum esse | — |
| present participle | opperiēns | — |
| perfect participle | opperītus oppertus, opperīta, opperītā, opperītae, opperītam, opperītārum, opperītās, opperīte, opperītī, opperītīs, opperītō, opperītōrum, opperītōs, opperta, oppertā, oppertae, oppertam, oppertārum, oppertās, opperte, oppertī, oppertīs, oppertō, oppertōrum, oppertōs | — |
| future participle | opperītūrus oppertūrus, opperītūra, opperītūrā, opperītūrae, opperītūram, opperītūrārum, opperītūrās, opperītūre, opperītūrī, opperītūrīs, opperītūrō, opperītūrōrum, opperītūrōs, opperītūrum, oppertūra, oppertūrā, oppertūrae, oppertūram, oppertūrārum, oppertūrās, oppertūre, oppertūrī, oppertūrīs, oppertūrō, oppertūrōrum, oppertūrōs, oppertūrum | opperiendus opperiundus, opperienda, opperiendā, opperiendae, opperiendam, opperiendārum, opperiendās, opperiende, opperiendīs, opperiendōrum, opperiendōs |
syn.: exspecto, praestolor): opperiri exspectare, Fest. p. 187 Müll.: pol, quamquam domi cupio, opperiar, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 23: vel sex mensis opperibor, id. Ps. 1, 3, 89: non quis parumper durare opperirier? id. Truc. 2, 3, 5: aut ibidem opperiar, aut, etc., Cic. Att. 3, 10, 1: ego in Arcano opperior, dum ista cognosco, id. ib. 10, 3, 1: unam praeterea horam ne oppertus sies, wait a whole hour, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 30.—Followed by ut with subj.: simul opperiens, ut terrestris copiae traicerentur, Liv. 42, 48, 10; Tac. A. 15, 68; Tiro ap. Gell. 6, 3, 42.—servom, quem ego me jusseram hic opperiri, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 18: abi intro: ibi me opperire, Tert. And. 3, 2, 43: hostem, Verg. A. 10, 771: imperatorem, Tac. A. 4, 66.—seni non otium erat, id sum opperitus, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 101: tempora sua, Liv. 1, 56, 8: tempus dextrum, to wait for the right time, Sil. 5, 85.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
See experior.