ercisco

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an earlier form *ercō, ercīre +‎ -scō. *Ercō is probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erk- (to divide), cognate with Hittite (ark-). The spelling with initial h is by influence of the unrelated hērēs (heir).

Pronunciation

Verb

ercīscō (present infinitive ercīscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (transitive) to divide (an inheritance)

Usage notes

Usually found in the gerundive ercīscendus or (more often) ercīscundus.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ercīscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ercīscō ercīscis ercīscit ercīscimus ercīscitis ercīscunt
imperfect ercīscēbam ercīscēbās ercīscēbat ercīscēbāmus ercīscēbātis ercīscēbant
future ercīscam ercīscēs ercīscet ercīscēmus ercīscētis ercīscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ercīscam ercīscās ercīscat ercīscāmus ercīscātis ercīscant
imperfect ercīscerem ercīscerēs ercīsceret ercīscerēmus ercīscerētis ercīscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ercīsce ercīscite
future ercīscitō ercīscitō ercīscitōte ercīscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ercīscere
participles ercīscēns ercīscendus,
ercīscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ercīscendī ercīscendō ercīscendum ercīscendō

References

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