apiscor

Latin

Etymology

From apiō (alternative form of apō (“I fasten”)) +‎ -scō. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō, “I fasten, grasp, enkindle”), Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “to reach, gain, take possession of”), आप्नोति (āpnoti, “to obtain, to grasp”), Hittite 𒂊𒅁𒍣 (e-ep-zi, “to take, seize, grab”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈpiːs.kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈpis.kor]

Verb

apīscor (present infinitive apīscī, perfect active aptus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to reach after, try to seize
2. to pursue
3. to attain or acquire
4. to understand, grasp, comprehend

Conjugation

   Conjugation of apīscor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	apīscor		apīsceris, apīscere		apīscitur		apīscimur		apīsciminī		apīscuntur
	imperfect	apīscēbar		apīscēbāris, apīscēbāre		apīscēbātur		apīscēbāmur		apīscēbāminī		apīscēbantur
	future	apīscar		apīscēris, apīscēre		apīscētur		apīscēmur		apīscēminī		apīscentur
	perfect	aptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	apīscar		apīscāris, apīscāre		apīscātur		apīscāmur		apīscāminī		apīscantur
	imperfect	apīscerer		apīscerēris, apīscerēre		apīscerētur		apīscerēmur		apīscerēminī		apīscerentur
	perfect	aptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		apīscere		—		—		apīsciminī		—
	future	—		apīscitor		apīscitor		—		—		apīscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		apīscī			—			apīscēns			—
future		aptūrum esse			—			aptūrus			apīscendus, apīscundus
perfect		aptum esse			—			aptus			—
future perfect		aptum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		aptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		apīscendī		apīscendō		apīscendum		apīscendō		aptum		aptū

Synonyms

• (acquire): acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, lucror, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, teneō, sūmō, emō, comparō, obtineō, potior, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō
• (comprehend): apprehendō, comprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, dēprehendō, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor
• (seize): habeō, concipio, capio, comprehendo, teneo, prehenso
• (pursue): exsequor, persequor, sequor, īnstō, premō, agō

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “comprehend”): ignōrō, nesciō
• (antonym(s) of “acquire”): āmittō

Derived terms

• adipīscor
• indipīscor
• redipīscor

References

• apiscor in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading

• “apiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “apiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• apiscor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “apt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN