indipiscor
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From archaic indu (“in”) + apīscor (“to pursue, attain”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.diˈpiːs.kor/, [ɪn̪d̪ɪˈpiːs̠kɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.diˈpis.kor/, [in̪d̪iˈpiskor]
Verb edit
indipīscor (present infinitive indipīscī, perfect active indeptus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- (transitive) to obtain, attain, reach, seize
- (transitive) to commence
Usage notes edit
- An active form indipīscēt (= indipīscētur) is used once by Plautus.
- The perfect active participle indeptus is occasionally used with a passive sense.
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “indipiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “indipiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers