pandiculor

Latin

Etymology

From pandō (stretch, extend) +‎ -cul- +‎ -or. Compare the ending of gesticulor.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

pandiculor (present infinitive pandiculārī, perfect active pandiculātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. (Plautine)[2] to stretch oneself

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: pandiculate
  • Portuguese: pandicular

References

  1. ^ Lindsay, W. M. (1894), The Latin Language, page 488
  2. ^ Pezzini, Giuseppe (2023), “Early Latin Lexicon in Terence (and Plautus)”, in J. N. Adams, Anna Chaboud, Giuseppe Pezzini, editors, Early Latin: Constructs, Diversity, Reception, Cambridge University Press, page 247)

Further reading

  • pandiculor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pandiculor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.