ulciscor
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλκή (alkḗ).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊɫˈkiːs.kɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ul̠ʲˈt͡ʃis.kor]
Verb
ulcīscor (present infinitive ulcīscī, perfect active ultus sum); third conjugation, deponent
Conjugation
Conjugation of ulcīscor (third conjugation, deponent)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | ulcīscor | ulcīsceris, ulcīscere |
ulcīscitur | ulcīscimur | ulcīsciminī | ulcīscuntur | ||||||
| imperfect | ulcīscēbar | ulcīscēbāris, ulcīscēbāre |
ulcīscēbātur | ulcīscēbāmur | ulcīscēbāminī | ulcīscēbantur | |||||||
| future | ulcīscar | ulcīscēris, ulcīscēre |
ulcīscētur | ulcīscēmur | ulcīscēminī | ulcīscentur | |||||||
| perfect | ultus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | ultus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| future perfect | ultus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | ulcīscar | ulcīscāris, ulcīscāre |
ulcīscātur | ulcīscāmur | ulcīscāminī | ulcīscantur | ||||||
| imperfect | ulcīscerer | ulcīscerēris, ulcīscerēre |
ulcīscerētur | ulcīscerēmur | ulcīscerēminī | ulcīscerentur | |||||||
| perfect | ultus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | ultus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | ulcīscere | — | — | ulcīsciminī | — | ||||||
| future | — | ulcīscitor | ulcīscitor | — | — | ulcīscuntor | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | ulcīscī | — | 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 | ||||||||
Related terms
References
- “ulciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ulciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ulciscor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to revenge oneself on some one: ulcisci aliquem, poenas expetere ab aliquo
- to revenge oneself for a thing: ulcisci aliquid, poenas alicuius rei expetere
- to revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf: ulcisci aliquem pro aliquo or pro aliqua re
- to punish some one: ulcisci aliquem (pro aliqua re)
- to revenge oneself on some one: ulcisci aliquem, poenas expetere ab aliquo
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70