Latin

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Etymology

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From por- +‎ liceor.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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polliceor (present infinitive pollicērī, perfect active pollicitus sum); second conjugation, deponent

  1. to promise, guarantee
    Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, stipulor, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, pangō
  2. to bid, offer, present, hold forth
    Synonyms: offerō, expōnō, praebeō, obiciō, porrigō, afferō, prōpōnō, sufferō, prōferō, dōnō, condōnō, largior, moveō

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of polliceor (second conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present polliceor pollicēris,
pollicēre
pollicētur pollicēmur pollicēminī pollicentur
imperfect pollicēbar pollicēbāris,
pollicēbāre
pollicēbātur pollicēbāmur pollicēbāminī pollicēbantur
future pollicēbor pollicēberis,
pollicēbere
pollicēbitur pollicēbimur pollicēbiminī pollicēbuntur
perfect pollicitus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect pollicitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect pollicitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pollicear polliceāris,
polliceāre
polliceātur polliceāmur polliceāminī polliceantur
imperfect pollicērer pollicērēris,
pollicērēre
pollicērētur pollicērēmur pollicērēminī pollicērentur
perfect pollicitus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect pollicitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pollicēre pollicēminī
future pollicētor pollicētor pollicentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pollicērī pollicitum esse pollicitūrum esse
participles pollicēns pollicitus pollicitūrus pollicendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pollicendī pollicendō pollicendum pollicendō pollicitum pollicitū
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References

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  • polliceor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • polliceor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • polliceor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.