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Italian
Verb
supplico
- first-person singular present indicative of supplicare
Latin
Etymology
From sub- (“under, at the feet of, before”) + plicō (“fold, bend, roll up”).
Pronunciation
Verb
supplicō (present infinitive supplicāre, perfect active supplicāvī, supine supplicātum); first conjugation
- to pray or supplicate
- Synonyms: ōrō, obsecrō, expetō, efflāgitō, flāgitō, rogō
- to humbly beseech or beg
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
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References
- “supplico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “supplico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- supplico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to pray to God: supplicare deo (Sall. Iug. 63. 1)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “supplicare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 12: Sk–š, page 448