apiscor

Latin

Etymology

From apiō (alternative form of apō (“I fasten”)) +‎ -scō. Cognate with Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “to reach, gain, take possession of”), आप्नोति (āpnoti, “to obtain, to grasp”), Hittite 𒂊𒅁𒍣 (e-ep-zi, “to take, seize, grab”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈpiːs.kɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈpis.kor]

Verb

apīscor (present infinitive apīscī, perfect active aptus sum); third conjugation, deponent

to reach after, try to seize
to pursue
to attain or acquire
to understand, grasp, comprehend

Conjugation

Conjugation of apīscor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	apīscor	apīsceris, apīscere		apīscitur	apīscimur	apīsciminī		apīscuntur
	imperfect	apīscēbar	apīscēbāris, apīscēbāre		apīscēbātur	apīscēbāmur	apīscēbāminī		apīscēbantur
	future	apīscar	apīscēris, apīscēre		apīscētur	apīscēmur	apīscēminī		apīscentur
	perfect	aptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	apīscar	apīscāris, apīscāre		apīscātur	apīscāmur	apīscāminī		apīscantur
	imperfect	apīscerer	apīscerēris, apīscerēre		apīscerētur	apīscerēmur	apīscerēminī		apīscerentur
	perfect	aptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	apīscere		—	—	apīsciminī		—
active	future	—	apīscitor		apīscitor	—	—		apīscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		apīscī		—		apīscēns		—
future		aptūrum esse		—		aptūrus		apīscendus, apīscundus
perfect		aptum esse		—		aptus		—
future perfect		aptum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		aptūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		apīscendī	apīscendō		apīscendum	apīscendō	aptum		aptū

Synonyms

(acquire): acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, lucror, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, teneō, sūmō, emō, comparō, obtineō, potior, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō
(comprehend): apprehendō, comprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, dēprehendō, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor
(seize): habeō, concipio, capio, comprehendo, teneo, prehenso
(pursue): exsequor, persequor, sequor, īnstō, premō, agō

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “comprehend”): ignōrō, nesciō
(antonym(s) of “acquire”): āmittō

Derived terms

adipīscor
indipīscor
redipīscor

References

^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

apiscor in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication