Latin

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Etymology

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From por- +‎ *lūceō (make available, offer). Some refer it to the root of liceor, for which compare polliceor.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pollūceō (present infinitive pollūcēre, perfect active pollūxī, supine pollūctum); second conjugation

  1. to place upon an altar as a sacrifice, offer (up)
  2. (of a meal) to serve up
  3. to entertain

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of pollūceō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pollūceō pollūcēs pollūcet pollūcēmus pollūcētis pollūcent
imperfect pollūcēbam pollūcēbās pollūcēbat pollūcēbāmus pollūcēbātis pollūcēbant
future pollūcēbō pollūcēbis pollūcēbit pollūcēbimus pollūcēbitis pollūcēbunt
perfect pollūxī pollūxistī pollūxit pollūximus pollūxistis pollūxērunt,
pollūxēre
pluperfect pollūxeram pollūxerās pollūxerat pollūxerāmus pollūxerātis pollūxerant
future perfect pollūxerō pollūxeris pollūxerit pollūxerimus pollūxeritis pollūxerint
passive present pollūceor pollūcēris,
pollūcēre
pollūcētur pollūcēmur pollūcēminī pollūcentur
imperfect pollūcēbar pollūcēbāris,
pollūcēbāre
pollūcēbātur pollūcēbāmur pollūcēbāminī pollūcēbantur
future pollūcēbor pollūcēberis,
pollūcēbere
pollūcēbitur pollūcēbimur pollūcēbiminī pollūcēbuntur
perfect pollūctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect pollūctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect pollūctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pollūceam pollūceās pollūceat pollūceāmus pollūceātis pollūceant
imperfect pollūcērem pollūcērēs pollūcēret pollūcērēmus pollūcērētis pollūcērent
perfect pollūxerim pollūxerīs pollūxerit pollūxerīmus pollūxerītis pollūxerint
pluperfect pollūxissem pollūxissēs pollūxisset pollūxissēmus pollūxissētis pollūxissent
passive present pollūcear pollūceāris,
pollūceāre
pollūceātur pollūceāmur pollūceāminī pollūceantur
imperfect pollūcērer pollūcērēris,
pollūcērēre
pollūcērētur pollūcērēmur pollūcērēminī pollūcērentur
perfect pollūctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect pollūctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pollūcē pollūcēte
future pollūcētō pollūcētō pollūcētōte pollūcentō
passive present pollūcēre pollūcēminī
future pollūcētor pollūcētor pollūcentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pollūcēre pollūxisse pollūctūrum esse pollūcērī pollūctum esse pollūctum īrī
participles pollūcēns pollūctūrus pollūctus pollūcendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pollūcendī pollūcendō pollūcendum pollūcendō pollūctum pollūctū

Derived terms

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References

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  • polluceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • polluceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.