pollicitor

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Latin

Etymology

From polliceor +‎ -tō (“frequentative suffix”).

Pronunciation

Verb

pollicitor (present infinitive pollicitārī or pollicitārier, perfect active pollicitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to promise

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pollicitor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pollicitor pollicitāris,
pollicitāre 		pollicitātur pollicitāmur pollicitāminī pollicitantur
imperfect pollicitābar pollicitābāris,
pollicitābāre 		pollicitābātur pollicitābāmur pollicitābāminī pollicitābantur
future pollicitābor pollicitāberis,
pollicitābere 		pollicitābitur pollicitābimur pollicitābiminī pollicitābuntur
perfect pollicitātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect pollicitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect pollicitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present polliciter pollicitēris,
pollicitēre 		pollicitētur pollicitēmur pollicitēminī pollicitentur
imperfect pollicitārer pollicitārēris,
pollicitārēre 		pollicitārētur pollicitārēmur pollicitārēminī pollicitārentur
perfect pollicitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect pollicitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — pollicitāre — — pollicitāminī —
future — pollicitātor pollicitātor — — pollicitantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pollicitārī,
pollicitārier1 		pollicitātum esse pollicitātūrum esse — — —
participles pollicitāns pollicitātus pollicitātūrus — — pollicitandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pollicitandī pollicitandō pollicitandum pollicitandō pollicitātum pollicitātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References

  • “pollicitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pollicitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pollicitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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