See also: Lurco

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Unknown, a word avoided by the authors as vulgar. Probably imitative. Compare Middle High German slurken (to swallow), Arabic لَقِمَ (laqima, to swallow).

Verb edit

lurcō (present infinitive lurcāre, perfect active lurcāvī, supine lurcātum); first conjugation

  1. to eat greedily, to guzzle
Conjugation edit
   Conjugation of lurcō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lurcō lurcās lurcat lurcāmus lurcātis lurcant
imperfect lurcābam lurcābās lurcābat lurcābāmus lurcābātis lurcābant
future lurcābō lurcābis lurcābit lurcābimus lurcābitis lurcābunt
perfect lurcāvī lurcāvistī lurcāvit lurcāvimus lurcāvistis lurcāvērunt,
lurcāvēre
pluperfect lurcāveram lurcāverās lurcāverat lurcāverāmus lurcāverātis lurcāverant
future perfect lurcāverō lurcāveris lurcāverit lurcāverimus lurcāveritis lurcāverint
passive present lurcor lurcāris,
lurcāre
lurcātur lurcāmur lurcāminī lurcantur
imperfect lurcābar lurcābāris,
lurcābāre
lurcābātur lurcābāmur lurcābāminī lurcābantur
future lurcābor lurcāberis,
lurcābere
lurcābitur lurcābimur lurcābiminī lurcābuntur
perfect lurcātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lurcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lurcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lurcem lurcēs lurcet lurcēmus lurcētis lurcent
imperfect lurcārem lurcārēs lurcāret lurcārēmus lurcārētis lurcārent
perfect lurcāverim lurcāverīs lurcāverit lurcāverīmus lurcāverītis lurcāverint
pluperfect lurcāvissem lurcāvissēs lurcāvisset lurcāvissēmus lurcāvissētis lurcāvissent
passive present lurcer lurcēris,
lurcēre
lurcētur lurcēmur lurcēminī lurcentur
imperfect lurcārer lurcārēris,
lurcārēre
lurcārētur lurcārēmur lurcārēminī lurcārentur
perfect lurcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lurcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lurcā lurcāte
future lurcātō lurcātō lurcātōte lurcantō
passive present lurcāre lurcāminī
future lurcātor lurcātor lurcantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lurcāre lurcāvisse lurcātūrum esse lurcārī lurcātum esse lurcātum īrī
participles lurcāns lurcātūrus lurcātus lurcandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
lurcandī lurcandō lurcandum lurcandō lurcātum lurcātū
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From lurcō, lurcāre +‎ -ō, -ōn- (noun-forming suffix).

Noun edit

lurcō m (genitive lurcōnis); third declension

  1. glutton, gourmand
  2. a general invective
Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lurcō lurcōnēs
Genitive lurcōnis lurcōnum
Dative lurcōnī lurcōnibus
Accusative lurcōnem lurcōnēs
Ablative lurcōne lurcōnibus
Vocative lurcō lurcōnēs
Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “lurco”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 371
  • lurcō, v.”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lurcō, n.”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lurco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • lurco”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers