comperco

Latin

Alternative forms

• comparcō

Etymology

con- +‎ parcō (“to spare, refrain”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈper.koː/, [kɔmˈpɛrkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈper.ko/, [komˈpɛrko]

Verb

compercō (present infinitive compercere, perfect active compersī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. (transitive) to save, hoard
2. (transitive) to refrain, abstain (+ infinitive)

Conjugation

Conjugation of compercō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	compercō	compercis	compercit	compercimus	compercitis	compercunt
	imperfect	compercēbam	compercēbās	compercēbat	compercēbāmus	compercēbātis	compercēbant
	future	compercam	compercēs	compercet	compercēmus	compercētis	compercent
	perfect	compersī	compersistī	compersit	compersimus	compersistis	compersērunt, compersēre
	pluperfect	comperseram	comperserās	comperserat	comperserāmus	comperserātis	comperserant
	future perfect	comperserō	comperseris	comperserit	comperserimus	comperseritis	comperserint
passive	present	compercor	comperceris, compercere	compercitur	compercimur	comperciminī	compercuntur
	imperfect	compercēbar	compercēbāris, compercēbāre	compercēbātur	compercēbāmur	compercēbāminī	compercēbantur
	future	compercar	compercēris, compercēre	compercētur	compercēmur	compercēminī	compercentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	compercam	compercās	compercat	compercāmus	compercātis	compercant
	imperfect	compercerem	compercerēs	comperceret	compercerēmus	compercerētis	compercerent
	perfect	comperserim	comperserīs	comperserit	comperserīmus	comperserītis	comperserint
	pluperfect	compersissem	compersissēs	compersisset	compersissēmus	compersissētis	compersissent
passive	present	compercar	compercāris, compercāre	compercātur	compercāmur	compercāminī	compercantur
	imperfect	compercerer	compercerēris, compercerēre	compercerētur	compercerēmur	compercerēminī	compercerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	comperce	—	—	compercite	—
	future	—	compercitō	compercitō	—	compercitōte	compercuntō
passive	present	—	compercere	—	—	comperciminī	—
	future	—	compercitor	compercitor	—	—	compercuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		compercere	compersisse	—	compercī	—	—
participles		compercēns	—	—	—	—	compercendus, compercundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		compercendī	compercendō	compercendum	compercendō	—	—

References

• “comperco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comperco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers