apiscor

Latin

Etymology

From apiō (“to fasten”) +‎ -scō. Cognate with Sanskrit आ॒प्त (āptá, “to reach; to gain; to take possession of”), आ॒प्नोति॑ (āpnóti, “to obtain; to grasp”), Hittite 𒂊𒅁𒍣 (e-ep-zi, “to take; to seize; to grab”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈpiːs.kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈpis.kor]

Verb

apīscor (present infinitive apīscī, perfect active aptus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to reach after; to try to seize

   Synonyms: habeō, concipiō, capiō, comprehendō, teneō, prehēnsō

2. to pursue

   Synonyms: exsequor, persequor, sequor, īnstō, premō, agō

3. to attain or acquire

   Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, lucror, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, teneō, sūmō, emō, comparō, obtineō, potior, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

4. to understand; to grasp; to comprehend

   Synonyms: apprehendō, comprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, dēprehendō, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor

   Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of apīscor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	apīscor		apīsceris, apīscere		apīscitur		apīscimur		apīsciminī		apīscuntur
	imperfect	apīscēbar		apīscēbāris, apīscēbāre		apīscēbātur		apīscēbāmur		apīscēbāminī		apīscēbantur
	future	apīscar		apīscēris, apīscēre		apīscētur		apīscēmur		apīscēminī		apīscentur
	perfect	aptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	apīscar		apīscāris, apīscāre		apīscātur		apīscāmur		apīscāminī		apīscantur
	imperfect	apīscerer		apīscerēris, apīscerēre		apīscerētur		apīscerēmur		apīscerēminī		apīscerentur
	perfect	aptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		apīscere		—		—		apīsciminī		—
	future	—		apīscitor		apīscitor		—		—		apīscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		apīscī			—			apīscēns			—
future		aptūrum esse			—			aptūrus			apīscendus, apīscundus
perfect		aptum esse			—			aptus			—
future perfect		aptum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		aptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		apīscendī		apīscendō		apīscendum		apīscendō		aptum		aptū

Derived terms

• adipīscor
• indipīscor
• redipīscor

References

• apiscor in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading

• “apiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “apiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “apiscor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “apt”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN