lurco

See also: Lurco

Latin

Alternative forms

• lurchō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlur.koː/, [ˈɫ̪ʊrkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlur.ko/, [ˈlurko]

Etymology 1

Unknown, a word avoided by the authors as vulgar. Probably imitative. Compare Middle High German slurken (“to swallow”), Arabic لَقِمَ (laqima, “to swallow”).

Verb

lurcō (present infinitive lurcāre, perfect active lurcāvī, supine lurcātum); first conjugation

1. to eat greedily, to guzzle

Conjugation

Conjugation of lurcō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lurcō	lurcās	lurcat	lurcāmus	lurcātis	lurcant
	imperfect	lurcābam	lurcābās	lurcābat	lurcābāmus	lurcābātis	lurcābant
	future	lurcābō	lurcābis	lurcābit	lurcābimus	lurcābitis	lurcābunt
	perfect	lurcāvī	lurcāvistī	lurcāvit	lurcāvimus	lurcāvistis	lurcāvērunt, lurcāvēre
	pluperfect	lurcāveram	lurcāverās	lurcāverat	lurcāverāmus	lurcāverātis	lurcāverant
	future perfect	lurcāverō	lurcāveris	lurcāverit	lurcāverimus	lurcāveritis	lurcāverint
passive	present	lurcor	lurcāris, lurcāre	lurcātur	lurcāmur	lurcāminī	lurcantur
	imperfect	lurcābar	lurcābāris, lurcābāre	lurcābātur	lurcābāmur	lurcābāminī	lurcābantur
	future	lurcābor	lurcāberis, lurcābere	lurcābitur	lurcābimur	lurcābiminī	lurcābuntur
	perfect	lurcātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lurcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lurcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lurcem	lurcēs	lurcet	lurcēmus	lurcētis	lurcent
	imperfect	lurcārem	lurcārēs	lurcāret	lurcārēmus	lurcārētis	lurcārent
	perfect	lurcāverim	lurcāverīs	lurcāverit	lurcāverīmus	lurcāverītis	lurcāverint
	pluperfect	lurcāvissem	lurcāvissēs	lurcāvisset	lurcāvissēmus	lurcāvissētis	lurcāvissent
passive	present	lurcer	lurcēris, lurcēre	lurcētur	lurcēmur	lurcēminī	lurcentur
	imperfect	lurcārer	lurcārēris, lurcārēre	lurcārētur	lurcārēmur	lurcārēminī	lurcārentur
	perfect	lurcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lurcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lurcā	—	—	lurcāte	—
	future	—	lurcātō	lurcātō	—	lurcātōte	lurcantō
passive	present	—	lurcāre	—	—	lurcāminī	—
	future	—	lurcātor	lurcātor	—	—	lurcantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lurcāre	lurcāvisse	lurcātūrum esse	lurcārī	lurcātum esse	lurcātum īrī
participles		lurcāns	—	lurcātūrus	—	lurcātus	lurcandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lurcandī	lurcandō	lurcandum	lurcandō	lurcātum	lurcātū

Derived terms

• lurcinābundus

Etymology 2

From lurcō, lurcāre +‎ -ō, -ōn- (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

lurcō m (genitive lurcōnis); third declension

1. glutton, gourmand
2. a general invective

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lurcō	lurcōnēs
Genitive	lurcōnis	lurcōnum
Dative	lurcōnī	lurcōnibus
Accusative	lurcōnem	lurcōnēs
Ablative	lurcōne	lurcōnibus
Vocative	lurcō	lurcōnēs

Synonyms

• (glutton): cataphagās, comedō, dēgulātor, edō, gāneō, glūtō, gluttō, gulō, gumia, helluō, mandō, mandūcō, mandūcus, phagō, polyphagus

References

• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “lurco”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 371
• “lurcō, v.”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lurcō, n.”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lurco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “lurco”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers