adoperavi

Adoperavi is the first-person singular perfect indicative active form of the Latin verb adoperare, meaning to use, employ, or apply. It reflects the action completed in the past and is typically found in classical and later Latin prose when describing the act of using something, such as a tool, remedy, or method.

The verb adoperare belongs to the 1st conjugation, with principal parts: adpero, adoperare, adoperavi, adoperatum. The present active form is adperō, the imperfect is adoperābam, and the future is adoperābō. The supine is adoperātum, and the perfect passive participle is adoperātus. These forms allow the verb to be used across tenses and voices in contexts of applying or utilizing something.

Usage and nuance: adoperare emphasizes the application or deployment of something in a concrete action, rather than a more general sense of “to use.” It is often found in medical, technical, or practical writing, where a remedy, instrument, or method is being employed. In contrast, more common everyday meaning of “to use” in Latin is frequently rendered by uti or cōnsequi in specific senses.

Examples:

- Hic medicus remedium adoperavit. (This doctor used a remedy.)

- Nos novum instrumentum adoperavimus. (We used a new instrument.)

Related forms include adoperāre (infinitive), adoperavī (first-person perfect), and adoperātus (perfect passive participle), which enable scalar tense and voice constructions within Latin syntax.