Meaning of oportet | Babel Free
[ɔˈpɔr.tɛt]Definitions
to be necessary, needful; to be proper, becoming, right or reasonable; to behoove; (absolutely) one should or ought to
conjugation-2, impersonal, no-supine
Examples
“mulier, quam nōs amāre oportet”
woman, whom we should love / woman, who should love us
“mulier, quam ā nōbīs amārī oportet”
woman, whom we should love
“mulier, ā quā nōs amārī oportet”
woman, who should love us
“oportet nōs patriam amāre”
it behooves us to love our country.
“nōn tē oportēbat illī argentum reddere”
you ought not to have paid him the money.
“Uxōrem dēcrērat dare sēsē mī hodiē: nōnne oportuit / praescīsse mē ante? Nōnne priū’ commūnicātum oportuit?”
He himself has decided to give me a wife today: ought I not to have known beforehand? Shouldn’t it have been communicated sooner?
“Alteri vivas oportet, si vis tibi vivere.”
You must live for others if you wish to live for yourself.
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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