vescor

Latin

Alternative forms

vēscō

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“graze”), cognate with Gothic wisan (“to enjoy oneself, devour”).^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vescor (present infinitive vescī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems

(with accusative or ablative) to eat, feed upon
Synonyms: adedō, edō, vorō, prandeō, pāscor, cēnō, cōnsūmō, epulor
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.7:
  ne extis [...] vescerentur
  Should not eat of the entrails
(with accusative or ablative) to make use of, enjoy, use
Synonyms: adhibeō, sūmō, assūmō, ūtor, ūsūrpō
(intransitive) to eat

Usage notes

The verb vescor and others like it, fruor, fungor, ūtor, potior, and their compounds, regularly govern the ablative case.
Lacte et ferīnā carne vescēbantur.
They fed on milk and game.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vescor (third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vescor		vesceris, vescere		vescitur		vescimur		vesciminī		vescuntur
	imperfect	vescēbar		vescēbāris, vescēbāre		vescēbātur		vescēbāmur		vescēbāminī		vescēbantur
	future	vescar		vescēris, vescēre		vescētur		vescēmur		vescēminī		vescentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vescar		vescāris, vescāre		vescātur		vescāmur		vescāminī		vescantur
active	imperfect	vescerer		vescerēris, vescerēre		vescerētur		vescerēmur		vescerēminī		vescerentur
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		vescere		—		—		vesciminī		—
active	future	—		vescitor		vescitor		—		—		vescuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		vescī			—			vescēns			—
future		—			—			—			vescendus, vescundus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		vescendī		vescendō		vescendum		vescendō		—		—

Derived terms

convescor

Descendants

→ Albanian: ushqej

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vēscor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

“vescor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“vescor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
vescor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.