alucinor

Latin

Alternative forms

• hālūcinor
• hallūcinor (Medieval Latin, Renaissance Latin)

Etymology

Possibly from Ancient Greek ἀλύω (alúō, “to wander in mind, to roam”), with influence from other -cinor verbs. Related to ambulō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aːˈluː.ki.nor/, [äːˈɫ̪uːkɪnɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈlu.t͡ʃi.nor/, [äˈluːt͡ʃinor]

Verb

ālūcinor (present infinitive ālūcinārī, perfect active ālūcinātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to wander in mind, talk idly, prate, dream

Conjugation

Conjugation of ālūcinor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ālūcinor	ālūcināris, ālūcināre	ālūcinātur	ālūcināmur	ālūcināminī	ālūcinantur
	imperfect	ālūcinābar	ālūcinābāris, ālūcinābāre	ālūcinābātur	ālūcinābāmur	ālūcinābāminī	ālūcinābantur
	future	ālūcinābor	ālūcināberis, ālūcinābere	ālūcinābitur	ālūcinābimur	ālūcinābiminī	ālūcinābuntur
	perfect	ālūcinātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ālūcinātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ālūcinātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ālūciner	ālūcinēris, ālūcinēre	ālūcinētur	ālūcinēmur	ālūcinēminī	ālūcinentur
	imperfect	ālūcinārer	ālūcinārēris, ālūcinārēre	ālūcinārētur	ālūcinārēmur	ālūcinārēminī	ālūcinārentur
	perfect	ālūcinātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ālūcinātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ālūcināre	—	—	ālūcināminī	—
	future	—	ālūcinātor	ālūcinātor	—	—	ālūcinantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ālūcinārī	ālūcinātum esse	ālūcinātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		ālūcināns	ālūcinātus	ālūcinātūrus	—	—	ālūcinandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ālūcinandī	ālūcinandō	ālūcinandum	ālūcinandō	ālūcinātum	ālūcinātū

Derived terms

• ālūcinātiō
• ālūcinātor

Descendants

• Catalan: al·lucinar
• → Dutch: hallucineren
• → English: hallucinate
• French: halluciner
• → German: halluzinieren
• Italian: allucinare
• Spanish: alucinar
• → Swedish: hallucinera
• Portuguese: alucinar
• Romanian: halucina

References

• “alucinor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “alucinor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• alucinor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag