ercisco

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an earlier form *ercō, ercīre; -scō. The term *ercō is probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erk- (“to divide”), cognate with Hittite [script needed] (ark-). According to the LIV, the term may derive from a PIE verb *h₁r̥k-yé-ti, although De Vaan suggests that such a PIE form ought to yield **arc-. Instead, De Vaan suggests that the term may reflect Proto-Indo-European *h₁érk-ye-ti. The spelling with initial h is by influence of the unrelated hērēs (“heir”).

Pronunciation

Verb

ercīscō (present infinitive ercīscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (transitive) to divide (an inheritance)

Usage notes

Usually found in the gerundive ercīscendus or (more often) ercīscundus.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ercīscō (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ercīscō ercīscis ercīscit ercīscimus ercīscitis ercīscunt
imperfect ercīscēbam ercīscēbās ercīscēbat ercīscēbāmus ercīscēbātis ercīscēbant
future ercīscam ercīscēs ercīscet ercīscēmus ercīscētis ercīscent
passive present ercīscor ercīsceris,
ercīscere 		ercīscitur ercīscimur ercīsciminī ercīscuntur
imperfect ercīscēbar ercīscēbāris,
ercīscēbāre 		ercīscēbātur ercīscēbāmur ercīscēbāminī ercīscēbantur
future ercīscar ercīscēris,
ercīscēre 		ercīscētur ercīscēmur ercīscēminī ercīscentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ercīscam ercīscās ercīscat ercīscāmus ercīscātis ercīscant
imperfect ercīscerem ercīscerēs ercīsceret ercīscerēmus ercīscerētis ercīscerent
passive present ercīscar ercīscāris,
ercīscāre 		ercīscātur ercīscāmur ercīscāminī ercīscantur
imperfect ercīscerer ercīscerēris,
ercīscerēre 		ercīscerētur ercīscerēmur ercīscerēminī ercīscerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ercīsce — — ercīscite —
future — ercīscitō ercīscitō — ercīscitōte ercīscuntō
passive present — ercīscere — — ercīsciminī —
future — ercīscitor ercīscitor — — ercīscuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present ercīscere ercīscī ercīscēns —
future — — — ercīscendus,
ercīscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ercīscendī ercīscendō ercīscendum ercīscendō — —

References

  • “ercisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ercisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ercīscō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 193
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*h₁erk-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 240
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