comperco

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

con- +‎ parcō (“to spare, refrain”)

Pronunciation

Verb

compercō (present infinitive compercere, perfect active compersī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. (transitive) to save, hoard
  2. (transitive) to refrain, abstain (+ infinitive)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of compercō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present compercō compercis compercit compercimus compercitis compercunt
imperfect compercēbam compercēbās compercēbat compercēbāmus compercēbātis compercēbant
future compercam compercēs compercet compercēmus compercētis compercent
perfect compersī compersistī compersit compersimus compersistis compersērunt,
compersēre
pluperfect comperseram comperserās comperserat comperserāmus comperserātis comperserant
future perfect comperserō comperseris comperserit comperserimus comperseritis comperserint
passive present compercor comperceris,
compercere 		compercitur compercimur comperciminī compercuntur
imperfect compercēbar compercēbāris,
compercēbāre 		compercēbātur compercēbāmur compercēbāminī compercēbantur
future compercar compercēris,
compercēre 		compercētur compercēmur compercēminī compercentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present compercam compercās compercat compercāmus compercātis compercant
imperfect compercerem compercerēs comperceret compercerēmus compercerētis compercerent
perfect comperserim comperserīs comperserit comperserīmus comperserītis comperserint
pluperfect compersissem compersissēs compersisset compersissēmus compersissētis compersissent
passive present compercar compercāris,
compercāre 		compercātur compercāmur compercāminī compercantur
imperfect compercerer compercerēris,
compercerēre 		compercerētur compercerēmur compercerēminī compercerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — comperce — — compercite —
future — compercitō compercitō — compercitōte compercuntō
passive present — compercere — — comperciminī —
future — compercitor compercitor — — compercuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives compercere compersisse — compercī — —
participles compercēns — — — — compercendus,
compercundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
compercendī compercendō compercendum compercendō — —

References

  • “comperco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “comperco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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