ercisco

Latin

Alternative forms

• hercīscō

Etymology

From an earlier form *ercō, ercīre +‎ -scō. *Ercō is probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erk- (“to divide”), cognate with Hittite [script needed] (ark-). The spelling with initial h is by influence of the unrelated hērēs (“heir”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /erˈkiːs.koː/, [ɛrˈkiːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /erˈt͡ʃis.ko/, [erˈt͡ʃisko]

Verb

ercīscō (present infinitive ercīscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. (transitive) to divide (an inheritance)

Usage notes

Usually found in the gerundive ercīscendus or (more often) ercīscundus.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ercīscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ercīscō	ercīscis	ercīscit	ercīscimus	ercīscitis	ercīscunt
	imperfect	ercīscēbam	ercīscēbās	ercīscēbat	ercīscēbāmus	ercīscēbātis	ercīscēbant
	future	ercīscam	ercīscēs	ercīscet	ercīscēmus	ercīscētis	ercīscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ercīscam	ercīscās	ercīscat	ercīscāmus	ercīscātis	ercīscant
	imperfect	ercīscerem	ercīscerēs	ercīsceret	ercīscerēmus	ercīscerētis	ercīscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ercīsce	—	—	ercīscite	—
	future	—	ercīscitō	ercīscitō	—	ercīscitōte	ercīscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ercīscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		ercīscēns	—	—	—	—	ercīscendus, ercīscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ercīscendī	ercīscendō	ercīscendum	ercīscendō	—	—

Related terms

• (h)erctum

References

• “ercisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ercisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers