comperco
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
con- + parcō (“to spare, refrain”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈper.koː/, [kɔmˈpɛrkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /komˈper.ko/, [komˈpɛrko]
Verb edit
compercō (present infinitive compercere, perfect active compersī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- (transitive) to save, hoard
- (transitive) to refrain, abstain (+ infinitive)
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “comperco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “comperco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers