lurco
See also: Lurco
Latin
Alternative forms
- lurchō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlur.koː/, [ˈɫ̪ʊrkoː]
- (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
- 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 + -ō.
Noun
lurcō m (genitive lurcōnis); third declension
- glutton, gourmand
- 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 (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, 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