vescor
Latin
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“graze”), cognate with Gothic wisan (“to enjoy oneself, devour”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eːs.kor/, [ˈu̯eːs̠kɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈves.kor/, [ˈvɛskor]
Verb
vēscor (present infinitive vēscī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem
- (with accusative or ablative) I eat, feed upon.
- Synonyms: adedō, edō, prandeō, pāscor, cēnō, cōnsūmō
- Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 7:
- ne extis [...] vescerentur
- Should not eat of the entrails
- ne extis [...] vescerentur
- (with accusative or ablative) I make use of, enjoy, use.
- Synonyms: adhibeō, sūmō, assūmō, ūtor, ūsūrpō
- (intransitive) I eat.
Usage notes
- The verb vēscor and others like it, fruor, fungor, ūtor, potior, and their compounds, regularly govern the ablative case.
- Lacte et ferīnā carne vescēbantur.
- They fed on milk and game.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of vēscor (third conjugation, no supine stem, deponent, no perfect stem) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | vēscor | vēsceris, vēscere | vēscitur | vēscimur | vēsciminī | vēscuntur |
| imperfect | vēscēbar | vēscēbāris, vēscēbāre | vēscēbātur | vēscēbāmur | vēscēbāminī | vēscēbantur | |
| future | vēscar | vēscēris, vēscēre | vēscētur | vēscēmur | vēscēminī | vēscentur | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | vēscar | vēscāris, vēscāre | vēscātur | vēscāmur | vēscāminī | vēscantur |
| imperfect | vēscerer | vēscerēris, vēscerēre | vēscerētur | vēscerēmur | vēscerēminī | vēscerentur | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | vēscere | — | — | vēsciminī | — |
| future | — | vēscitor | vēscitor | — | — | vēscuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | vēscī | — | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | vēscēns | — | — | — | — | vēscendus, vēscundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| vēscendī | vēscendō | vēscendum | vēscendō | — | — | ||
Related terms
- convēscor
Descendants
- → Albanian: ushqej
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “vēscor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading
- “vescor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vescor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vescor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette