vescor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eːs.kor/, [ˈu̯eːs̠kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈves.kor/, [ˈvɛskor]

Verb

vēscor (present infinitive vēscī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem

1. (with accusative or ablative) to eat, feed upon

   Synonyms: adedō, edō, vorō, prandeō, pāscor, cēnō, cōnsūmō

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.7:

     ne extis [...] vescerentur

     Should not eat of the entrails

2. (with accusative or ablative) to make use of, enjoy, use

   Synonyms: adhibeō, sūmō, assūmō, ūtor, ūsūrpō

3. (intransitive) to eat

Usage notes

• The verb vēscor 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 vēscor (third conjugation, no supine stem, deponent, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vēscor	vēsceris, vēscere	vēscitur	vēscimur	vēsciminī	vēscuntur
	imperfect	vēscēbar	vēscēbāris, vēscēbāre	vēscēbātur	vēscēbāmur	vēscēbāminī	vēscēbantur
	future	vēscar	vēscēris, vēscēre	vēscētur	vēscēmur	vēscēminī	vēscentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vēscar	vēscāris, vēscāre	vēscātur	vēscāmur	vēscāminī	vēscantur
	imperfect	vēscerer	vēscerēris, vēscerēre	vēscerētur	vēscerēmur	vēscerēminī	vēscerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	vēscere	—	—	vēsciminī	—
	future	—	vēscitor	vēscitor	—	—	vēscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vēscī	—	—	—	—	—
participles		vēscēns	—	—	—	—	vēscendus, vēscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vēscendī	vēscendō	vēscendum	vēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• convēscor

Descendants

• → Albanian: ushqej

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.