aerusco

Latin

FWOTD – 10 March 2015

Etymology

Probably a denominative in -ō from a lost adjective, Proto-Italic *aizoskos (“demanding”), or an s-derivative *aizos (“demand”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to request, search”). Cognate with Old Armenian հայց (haycʻ) and possibly Umbrian eiscurent.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

aeruscō (present infinitive aeruscāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems (archaic)

  1. to get money by going about and exhibiting tricks; play the juggler
  2. (by extension) to go begging

Conjugation

   Conjugation of aeruscō (first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present aeruscō aeruscās aeruscat aeruscāmus aeruscātis aeruscant
imperfect aeruscābam aeruscābās aeruscābat aeruscābāmus aeruscābātis aeruscābant
future aeruscābō aeruscābis aeruscābit aeruscābimus aeruscābitis aeruscābunt
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present aeruscem aeruscēs aeruscet aeruscēmus aeruscētis aeruscent
imperfect aeruscārem aeruscārēs aeruscāret aeruscārēmus aeruscārētis aeruscārent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — aeruscā — — aeruscāte —
future — aeruscātō aeruscātō — aeruscātōte aeruscantō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present aeruscāre — aeruscāns —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
aeruscandī aeruscandō aeruscandum aeruscandō — —

Derived terms

References

  • “aerusco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aerusco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27
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