fornicor

Latin

Etymology

fornix (“vault, brothel”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.ni.kor/, [ˈfɔrnɪkɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.ni.kor/, [ˈfɔrnikor]

Verb

fornicor (present infinitive fornicārī, perfect active fornicātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to fornicate, commit fornication

Conjugation

Conjugation of fornicor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fornicor	fornicāris, fornicāre	fornicātur	fornicāmur	fornicāminī	fornicantur
	imperfect	fornicābar	fornicābāris, fornicābāre	fornicābātur	fornicābāmur	fornicābāminī	fornicābantur
	future	fornicābor	fornicāberis, fornicābere	fornicābitur	fornicābimur	fornicābiminī	fornicābuntur
	perfect	fornicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fornicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fornicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fornicer	fornicēris, fornicēre	fornicētur	fornicēmur	fornicēminī	fornicentur
	imperfect	fornicārer	fornicārēris, fornicārēre	fornicārētur	fornicārēmur	fornicārēminī	fornicārentur
	perfect	fornicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fornicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fornicāre	—	—	fornicāminī	—
	future	—	fornicātor	fornicātor	—	—	fornicantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fornicārī	fornicātum esse	fornicātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		fornicāns	fornicātus	fornicātūrus	—	—	fornicandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fornicandī	fornicandō	fornicandum	fornicandō	fornicātum	fornicātū

Derived terms

• fornicātiō

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: fornigar, fornagar
  • Old Sardinian: forrigare, forricare, furricare
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *fornicium
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: forniço
    • Old Sardinian: forrithiu, furrithu, forrittu
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: fornicar
  • → English: fornicate
  • → French: forniquer
  • → Galician: fornicar
  • → Italian: fornicare
  • → Occitan: fornicar
  • → Portuguese: fornicar
  • → Romanian: fornica
  • → Spanish: fornicar
    • → Basque-Icelandic Pidgin: fenicha

References

• “fornicor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fornicor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “fornicare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 258
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fornicare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 725
• Dworkin, Steven N. 2016. Lexical stability and shared lexicon. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 586. Oxford University Press.
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “fornicare”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “forricare”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg