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Italian
Verb
incero
- first-person singular present indicative of incerare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
in- + cērō (“to cover with wax”)
Pronunciation
Verb
incērō (present infinitive incērāre, supine incērātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem
- (transitive) to cover over with wax
- genua deorum incērāre ― (literally) to smear the knees of the gods with constant embraces and kisses; to be persistent in prayers, or (an alternative explanation) to attach wax tablets containing written prayers to the knees of the statues of gods
Conjugation
References
- “incero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers