aerusco
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Probably a denominative in -ō from a lost adjective, Proto-Italic *aizoskos (“demanding”), or an s-derivative *aizos (“demand”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to request, search”). Cognate with Old Armenian հայց (haycʻ).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈrus.koː/, [äe̯ˈrʊs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈrus.ko/, [eˈrusko]
Verb edit
aeruscō (present infinitive aeruscāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem (archaic)
- to get money by going about and exhibiting tricks; play the juggler
- (by extension) to go begging
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “aerusco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aerusco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27