altercor
Latin
Alternative forms
- (active form) altercō
Etymology
From alter (“the other, another”) + -ico.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈter.kor/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ɛrkɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈter.kor/, [äl̪ˈt̪ɛrkor]
Verb
altercor (present infinitive altercārī, perfect active altercātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I have a discussion or difference with another; dispute, quarrel, wrangle, argue.
- (law) I strive to gain the victory over an opponent in a court of justice by putting questions for him to answer.
- I contend or struggle with.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of altercor (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | altercor | altercāris, altercāre | altercātur | altercāmur | altercāminī | altercantur |
| imperfect | altercābar | altercābāris, altercābāre | altercābātur | altercābāmur | altercābāminī | altercābantur | |
| future | altercābor | altercāberis, altercābere | altercābitur | altercābimur | altercābiminī | altercābuntur | |
| perfect | altercātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | altercātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | altercātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | altercer | altercēris, altercēre | altercētur | altercēmur | altercēminī | altercentur |
| imperfect | altercārer | altercārēris, altercārēre | altercārētur | altercārēmur | altercārēminī | altercārentur | |
| perfect | altercātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | altercātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | altercāre | — | — | altercāminī | — |
| future | — | altercātor | altercātor | — | — | altercantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | altercārī | altercātum esse | altercātūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | altercāns | altercātus | altercātūrus | — | — | altercandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| altercandī | altercandō | altercandum | altercandō | altercātum | altercātū | ||
Derived terms
- altercābilis
- altercātiō
- altercātor
Descendants
- English: altercate
- French: alterquer
- Italian: altercare
- Portuguese: altercar
- Spanish: altercar
References
- “altercor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “altercor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- altercor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to hold an altercation with a man: verbis concertare or altercari cum aliquo (B. C. 3. 19. 6)
- (ambiguous) to hold an altercation with a man: verbis concertare or altercari cum aliquo (B. C. 3. 19. 6)