ulcisco
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊɫˈkiːs.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ul̠ʲˈt͡ʃis.ko]
Verb
ulcīscō (present infinitive ulcīscere); third conjugation, semi-deponent, no perfect or supine stems
Conjugation
Conjugation of ulcīscō (third conjugation, semi-deponent)
indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
active | present | ulcīscō | ulcīscis | ulcīscit | ulcīscimus | ulcīscitis | ulcīscunt | ||||||
imperfect | ulcīscēbam | ulcīscēbās | ulcīscēbat | ulcīscēbāmus | ulcīscēbātis | ulcīscēbant | |||||||
future | ulcīscam | ulcīscēs | ulcīscet | ulcīscēmus | ulcīscētis | ulcīscent | |||||||
perfect | ultus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
pluperfect | ultus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
future perfect | ultus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
sigmatic future1 | ulsō, ullō2 |
ulsis | ulsit | ulsimus | ulsitis | ulsint | |||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
active | present | ulcīscam | ulcīscās | ulcīscat | ulcīscāmus | ulcīscātis | ulcīscant | ||||||
imperfect | ulcīscerem | ulcīscerēs | ulcīsceret | ulcīscerēmus | ulcīscerētis | ulcīscerent | |||||||
perfect | ultus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
pluperfect | ultus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
sigmatic aorist1 | ulsim | ulsīs | ulsīt | ulsīmus | ulsītis | ulsint | |||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
active | present | — | ulcīsce | — | — | ulcīscite | — | ||||||
future | — | ulcīscitō | ulcīscitō | — | ulcīscitōte | ulcīscuntō | |||||||
non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
present | ulcīscere | — | ulcīscēns | — | |||||||||
future | ultūrum esse | — | ultūrus | ulcīscendus, ulcīscundus | |||||||||
perfect | ultum esse | — | ultus | — | |||||||||
future perfect | ultum fore | — | — | — | |||||||||
perfect potential | ultūrum fuisse | — | — | — | |||||||||
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
ulcīscendī | ulcīscendō | ulcīscendum | ulcīscendō | ultum | ultū |
1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
2The form "ullō" may have resulted from a later, erroneous misreading of "ulsō".
References
- “ulcisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ulcisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.