nanciscor

Latin

Etymology

Probably from *nank-i- + -isco, itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₂n-né-ḱ-ti, which derives from the root *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

Cognate with Old Irish (do·)ánaic (“came, arrived”), Albanian kënaq (“to satisfy, be enough”), Old English ġenōg (“enough”), Sanskrit अश्नोति (aśnóti), see Sanskrit नश् (naś).

Pronunciation

Verb

nancīscor (present infinitive nancīscī, perfect active nactus sum or nānctus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. to meet with, stumble on, encounter, acquire, get, reach, find something
    Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, potior, lucror, inveniō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, colligō, alliciō
    Antonym: āmittō
    cum plus otii nactus ero ― when I have more free time (literally, “when I will have met more leisure”)
  2. to contract, catch
    morbum nancisci ― to fall ill
  3. (by extension) to possess by birth, have by nature

Conjugation

  • The alternative supine nānctum is rare.
   Conjugation of nancīscor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nancīscor nancīsceris,
nancīscere 		nancīscitur nancīscimur nancīsciminī nancīscuntur
imperfect nancīscēbar nancīscēbāris,
nancīscēbāre 		nancīscēbātur nancīscēbāmur nancīscēbāminī nancīscēbantur
future nancīscar nancīscēris,
nancīscēre 		nancīscētur nancīscēmur nancīscēminī nancīscentur
perfect nactus or nānctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect nactus or nānctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect nactus or nānctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nancīscar nancīscāris,
nancīscāre 		nancīscātur nancīscāmur nancīscāminī nancīscantur
imperfect nancīscerer nancīscerēris,
nancīscerēre 		nancīscerētur nancīscerēmur nancīscerēminī nancīscerentur
perfect nactus or nānctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect nactus or nānctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — nancīscere — — nancīsciminī —
future — nancīscitor nancīscitor — — nancīscuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present nancīscī — nancīscēns —
future nactūrum esse,
nānctūrum esse 		— nactūrus,
nānctūrus 		nancīscendus,
nancīscundus
perfect nactum esse,
nānctum esse 		— nactus,
nānctus 		—
future perfect nactum fore,
nānctum fore 		— — —
perfect potential nactūrum fuisse,
nānctūrum fuisse 		— — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
nancīscendī nancīscendō nancīscendum nancīscendō nactum,
nānctum 		nactū,
nānctū

Derived terms

  • nanciō

References

  • “nanciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nanciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “nanciscor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to meet with good weather: tempestatem idoneam, bonam nancisci
    • to meet, come across a person; to meet casually: offendere, nancisci aliquem
    • to find a suitable pretext: causam idoneam nancisci
    • to get, meet with, a favourable opportunity: occasionem nancisci
    • to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunam fautricem nancisci
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 399-400
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