vescor

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Latin

Alternative forms

vēscō

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“graze”), cognate with Gothic wisan (“to enjoy oneself, devour”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eːs.kor/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈves.kor/,

Verb

vēscor (present infinitive vēscī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems

(with accusative or ablative) to eat, feed upon
Synonyms: adedō, edō, vorō, prandeō, pāscor, cēnō, cōnsūmō
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.7:
  ne extis [...] vescerentur
  Should not eat of the entrails
(with accusative or ablative) to make use of, enjoy, use
Synonyms: adhibeō, sūmō, assūmō, ūtor, ūsūrpō
(intransitive) to eat

Usage notes

The verb vēscor and others like it, fruor, fungor, ūtor, potior, and their compounds, regularly govern the ablative case.
Lacte et ferīnā carne vescēbantur.
They fed on milk and game.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vēscor (third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vēscor		vēsceris, vēscere		vēscitur		vēscimur		vēsciminī		vēscuntur
	imperfect	vēscēbar		vēscēbāris, vēscēbāre		vēscēbātur		vēscēbāmur		vēscēbāminī		vēscēbantur
	future	vēscar		vēscēris, vēscēre		vēscētur		vēscēmur		vēscēminī		vēscentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vēscar		vēscāris, vēscāre		vēscātur		vēscāmur		vēscāminī		vēscantur
active	imperfect	vēscerer		vēscerēris, vēscerēre		vēscerētur		vēscerēmur		vēscerēminī		vēscerentur
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		vēscere		—		—		vēsciminī		—
active	future	—		vēscitor		vēscitor		—		—		vēscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		vēscī			—			vēscēns			—
future		—			—			—			vēscendus, vēscundus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		vēscendī		vēscendō		vēscendum		vēscendō		—		—

Related terms

convēscor

Descendants

→ Albanian: ushqej

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vēscor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

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

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