apiscor

Latin

Etymology

From apiō (alternative form of apō (“I fasten”)) +‎ -scō. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō, “I fasten, grasp, enkindle”), Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “to reach, gain, take possession of”), आप्नोति (āpnoti, “to obtain, to grasp”), Hittite 𒂊𒅁 (epp-, “to take, seize, grab”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈpiːs.kor/, [aˈpiːs.kɔr]

Verb

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

1. I reach after, try to seize
2. I pursue
3. I attain or acquire

Inflection

Conjugation of apiscor (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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		apīscī	aptus esse	aptūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		apīscēns	aptus	aptūrus	—	—	apīscendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		apīscī	apīscendī	apīscendō	apīscendum	aptum	aptū

Derived terms

• adipīscor
• indipīscor
• redipīscor

References

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• apt in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

• Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press