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ŏportet , ŭit, 2,
I.v. impers. [2. opus], it is necessary, needful, proper, becoming, or reasonable; it behooves; I (thou, he, etc.) must or ought (cf.: opus est, necesse est, debeo; oportet denotes the necessity of reason or duty, necesse est that of compulsion).—Constr. class. with a subject-clause, the subj., or absol.; late Lat. also with ut and subj. tamquam ita fieri non solum oporteret, sed etiam necesse esset, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84: “hoc fieri et oportet et opus est,id. Att. 13, 25, 1: ted ipsum oportet hoc profiteri et proloqui, Enn. ap. Non. 232, 24 (Trag. v. 384 Vahl); cf.: qui alteri exitium parat, eum scire oportet sibi paratam pestem parem, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39 (Trag. v. 22 ib.): “hanc scire oportet, filia tua ubi sit,Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 51: “servum hercle te esse oportet et nequam et malum,you must be a truly goodfor-nothing slave, id. Poen. 5, 2, 70: “non oportuit relictas (i. e. relictas esse ancillas),Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 6: “adulescenti morem gestum oportuit,id. Ad. 2, 2, 6: “ut ut erat, mansum tamen oportuit,he ought to have stayed, id. Heaut. 1, 2, 26: “nec mediocre telum ad res gerendas existimare oportet benevolentiam civium,Cic. Lael. 17, 61: “pecunia, quam his oportuit civitatibus pro frumento dari,that was to be given, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 75, § 174: “unde habeas, quaerit nemo, sed oportet habere,Juv. 14, 207.—With subj.: “ex rerum cognitione efflorescat et redundet oportet oratio,Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 20: “me ipsum ames oportet, non mea,id. Fin. 2, 26: “valeat possessor oportet,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 49.—Also (late Lat.) constr. with ut and subj., Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 10; Boëth. Consol. Phil. 1, pros. 4.—Absol.: “si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret ... est enim aliquid, quod non oporteat, etiam si licet: quicquid vero non licet, certe non oportet,Cic. Balb. 3, 7; cf.: “ne quid fiat secus quam volumus quamque oportet,id. Att. 6, 2, 2: “alio tempore atque oportuerit,Caes. B. G. 7, 33: “longior quam oportet sermo,Quint. 8, 3, 53; cf. id. 8, 2, 23; 9, 4, 144.—
(β). Plur. (anteclass.): ut ea, quae oportuerint, facta non sint, Caecil. ap. Prisc. p. 827 P.: “haec facta ab illo oportebant (al. oportebat),Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 25; cf. id. And. 3, 2, 1.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 13.25.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 6.2.2
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.33
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.84
    • Cicero, For Cornelius Balbus, 3.7
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.174
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 5.2
    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 4.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.6
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.26
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 17
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.17
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.53
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.144
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 2.23
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