nanciscor

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe (has reached, attained), stative of *h₂neḱ- (to reach).

Cognate with Old Irish (do·)ánaic (came, arrived), Albanian kënaq (to satisfy, be enough), Old English ġenōg (enough), Sanskrit अश्नोति (aśnóti), see Sanskrit नश् (naś).

Pronunciation

Verb

nancīscor (present infinitive nancīscī, perfect active nactus sum or nānctus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. to meet with, stumble on, encounter, acquire, get, reach, find something
    Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, potior, lucror, inveniō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, colligō, alliciō
    Antonym: āmittō
    cum plus otii nactus erowhen I have more free time (literally, “when I will have met more leisure”)
  2. to contract, catch
    morbum nanciscito fall ill
  3. (by extension) to possess by birth, have by nature

Conjugation

  • The alternative supine nānctum is rare.

Derived terms

References

  • nanciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nanciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nanciscor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to meet with good weather: tempestatem idoneam, bonam nancisci
    • to meet, come across a person; to meet casually: offendere, nancisci aliquem
    • to find a suitable pretext: causam idoneam nancisci
    • to get, meet with, a favourable opportunity: occasionem nancisci
    • to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunam fautricem nancisci