altercor

Latin

Alternative forms

• (active form) altercō

Etymology

From alter (“the other, another”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈter.kor/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ɛrkɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈter.kor/, [äl̪ˈt̪ɛrkor]

Verb

altercor (present infinitive altercārī, perfect active altercātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. I have a discussion or difference with another; dispute, quarrel, wrangle, argue.
2. (law) I strive to gain the victory over an opponent in a court of justice by putting questions for him to answer.
3. I contend or struggle with.

Conjugation

Conjugation of altercor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	altercor	altercāris, altercāre	altercātur	altercāmur	altercāminī	altercantur
	imperfect	altercābar	altercābāris, altercābāre	altercābātur	altercābāmur	altercābāminī	altercābantur
	future	altercābor	altercāberis, altercābere	altercābitur	altercābimur	altercābiminī	altercābuntur
	perfect	altercātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	altercātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	altercātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	altercer	altercēris, altercēre	altercētur	altercēmur	altercēminī	altercentur
	imperfect	altercārer	altercārēris, altercārēre	altercārētur	altercārēmur	altercārēminī	altercārentur
	perfect	altercātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	altercātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	altercāre	—	—	altercāminī	—
	future	—	altercātor	altercātor	—	—	altercantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		altercārī	altercātum esse	altercātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		altercāns	altercātus	altercātūrus	—	—	altercandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		altercandī	altercandō	altercandum	altercandō	altercātum	altercātū

Derived terms

• altercābilis
• altercātiō
• altercātor

Descendants

• English: altercate
• French: alterquer
• Italian: altercare
• Portuguese: altercar
• Spanish: altercar

References

• “altercor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “altercor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• altercor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to hold an altercation with a man: verbis concertare or altercari cum aliquo (B. C. 3. 19. 6)