amplexor
Latin
Alternative forms
- (active form) amplexō
Etymology
From amplector (“embrace, encircle”) + -tō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /amˈplek.sor/, [ämˈpɫ̪ɛks̠ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /amˈplek.sor/, [ämˈplɛksor]
Verb
amplexor (present infinitive amplexārī or amplexārier, perfect active amplexātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I embrace, encircle, clasp, cling to.
- (figuratively) I love, honor, cherish, esteem.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of amplexor (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | amplexor | amplexāris, amplexāre | amplexātur | amplexāmur | amplexāminī | amplexantur |
| imperfect | amplexābar | amplexābāris, amplexābāre | amplexābātur | amplexābāmur | amplexābāminī | amplexābantur | |
| future | amplexābor | amplexāberis, amplexābere | amplexābitur | amplexābimur | amplexābiminī | amplexābuntur | |
| perfect | amplexātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | amplexātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | amplexātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | amplexer | amplexēris, amplexēre | amplexētur | amplexēmur | amplexēminī | amplexentur |
| imperfect | amplexārer | amplexārēris, amplexārēre | amplexārētur | amplexārēmur | amplexārēminī | amplexārentur | |
| perfect | amplexātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | amplexātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | amplexāre | — | — | amplexāminī | — |
| future | — | amplexātor | amplexātor | — | — | amplexantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | amplexārī, amplexārier1 | amplexātum esse | amplexātūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | amplexāns | amplexātus | amplexātūrus | — | — | amplexandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| amplexandī | amplexandō | amplexandum | amplexandō | amplexātum | amplexātū | ||
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Related terms
- amplector
References
- “amplexor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “amplexor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amplexor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be a lover of ease, leisure: otium sequi, amplexari
- to be a lover of ease, leisure: otium sequi, amplexari