novercor

Latin

Etymology

From noverca (“stepmother”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

novercor (present infinitive novercārī, perfect active novercātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

(with dative, with in + accusative, Late Latin, Medieval Latin) to act the stepmother to, to treat with harshness
- 12th century CE, Walter Map, De nugis curialium 19:
  cui nunquam temerāria praesūmptiō novercāta est, cum in omne perīculum quasi caecus irruerit
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 12th century CE, Peter of Blois, Carmina 1.3.8:
  rosae rubor suīs audet
  nōdīs explicārī,
  aquilōnem sibi gaudet
  jam nōn novercārī.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of novercor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	novercor	novercāris, novercāre		novercātur	novercāmur	novercāminī		novercantur
	imperfect	novercābar	novercābāris, novercābāre		novercābātur	novercābāmur	novercābāminī		novercābantur
	future	novercābor	novercāberis, novercābere		novercābitur	novercābimur	novercābiminī		novercābuntur
	perfect	novercātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	novercātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	novercātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	novercer	novercēris, novercēre		novercētur	novercēmur	novercēminī		novercentur
	imperfect	novercārer	novercārēris, novercārēre		novercārētur	novercārēmur	novercārēminī		novercārentur
	perfect	novercātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	novercātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	novercāre		—	—	novercāminī		—
active	future	—	novercātor		novercātor	—	—		novercantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		novercārī		—		novercāns		—
future		novercātūrum esse		—		novercātūrus		novercandus
perfect		novercātum esse		—		novercātus		—
future perfect		novercātum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		novercātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		novercandī	novercandō		novercandum	novercandō	novercātum		novercātū

References

novercor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
novercor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
“novercor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “novercari”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC