capto

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkap.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkap.to]

capto

1. first-person singular present indicative of captar

capto

1. first-person singular present indicative of captar

capto

1. first-person singular present indicative of captare

• copta

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkap.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkap.t̪o]

From capiō (“take, capture”) +‎ -tō. See captus.

• cattō (Late Latin)

captō (present infinitive captāre, perfect active captāvī, supine captātum); first conjugation

1. to strive to seize, catch or grasp at
   1. (by extension) to strive to see or hear^[1]
2. (figuratively) to seek, aim at

(See also cattō.)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “captare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 318

• “capto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “capto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “capto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to try and raise a laugh: risum captare
    
  • to court popularity: auram popularem captare (Liv. 3. 33)
    

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

captō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of captus

capto

1. first-person singular present indicative of captar

• IPA^(key): /ˈkabto/ [ˈkaβ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -abto
• Syllabification: cap‧to

capto

1. first-person singular present indicative of captar