oportet.
to be necessary, needful; to be proper, becoming, right or reasonable; to behoove; (absolutely) one should or ought to
Meaning & usage
to be necessary, needful; to be proper, becoming, right or reasonable; to behoove; (absolutely) one should or ought to
mulier, quam nōs amāre oportet
mulier, quam ā nōbīs amārī oportet
Where this word comes from
For *opvortet, from Proto-Indo-European *wortéyeti, causative stem (2nd conjugation) of the root of vertō (“to turn”) (3rd conjugation). Some refer the op- to ob-, some to opus, with which compare the similar expressions opus est and operam dare. See also ligō, vinciō for other examples of words meaning to bind or turn, having derivatives with the sense of obliging.
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