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|lshtext=<b>ŏportet</b>: ŭit, 2,<br /><b>I</b> 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, id. 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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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|georg=oportet, tuit, ēre, verb. impers., es muß, sowohl = es ist [[nötig]], es gebührt [[sich]], [[als]] = es ist [[zweckdienlich]], es ist [[ersprießlich]], m. folg. bl. Conjunctiv, [[mit]] folg. Acc. u. Infin., [[ohne]] bestimmtes [[Subjekt]] m. folg. Infin. u. absol., [[faber]] [[haec]] faciat [[oportet]], [[Cato]]: [[ego]] [[crimen]] [[oportet]] diluam, Cic.: exstent [[oportet]] vestigia, es [[müssen]] [[durchaus]] Sp. vorhanden [[sein]], Cic.: [[quare]] pransum ac paratum [[esse]] hominem [[oportet]], [[Varro]] fr.: [[hoc]] fieri et [[oportet]] et [[opus]] est, Cic.: [[signum]] ablatum [[esse]] [[non]] oportuit, Cic.: quos reduci oporteat, Liv.: [[bellum]] suscipi od. geri [[oportet]], Liv.: [[quid]] facere [[nos]] [[oportet]], [[qui]] etc.? Cic.: [[quid]] [[oportet]] [[nos]] facere a [[volgo]] [[longe]] longeque remotos? Hor.: [[interrogo]] [[vos]], [[quid]] me [[haec]] si fiant facere oporteat? Sen. rhet.: cum consilio nostro subvenire saluti communi oporteret, Cic.: indulgere [[potius]] comitati patrum [[atque]] obsequio [[plebis]] oportuit, Liv.: [[primum]] assumere ([[einnehmen]]) [[oportet]], [[quae]] nauseam faciunt, Scrib. Larg. – im Ggstz. zu [[necesse]] est, zB. [[tamquam]] [[ita]] fieri [[non]] [[solum]] oporteret, [[sed]] [[etiam]] [[necesse]] esset, Cic. – in der Umgangsspr., statt [[des]] Infin. od. Acc. u. Infin. m. Partic. Perf. Pass. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 239. [[Wagner]] Ter. heaut. 200), at [[non]] missam oportuit, Plaut.: aurem admotam oportuit, Plaut.: mansum oportuit, Ter.: interemptam oportuit, Ter.: [[non]] oportuit relictas, [[man]] hätte [[sie]] [[nicht]] [[verlassen]] [[sollen]], Tac. – [[bei]] Spät. [[mit]] folg. ut u. Konj., P. Syr. sent. app. 31. p. 367 R.² Augustin. de civ. dei 1, 10. Boëth. de cons. phil. 1. pros. 4. – absol., [[quidquid]] [[vero]] [[non]] [[licet]], [[certe]] [[non]] [[oportet]], Cic.: [[alio]] tempore [[atque]] oportuerit, Caes. – / Persönl. im Plur., morbosum [[factum]], ut ea [[quae]] oportuerint, facta [[non]] sint, Cael. Antip. bell. Pun. sec. hist. 5. fr. 36 ([[bei]] Prisc. 8, 77).

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