pollicitor

Latin

Etymology

From polliceor +‎ -tō (“frequentative suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /polˈli.ki.tor/, [pɔlˈlʲɪkɪt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /polˈli.t͡ʃi.tor/, [polˈliːt͡ʃit̪or]

Verb

pollicitor (present infinitive pollicitārī or pollicitārier, perfect active pollicitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to promise

Conjugation

Conjugation of pollicitor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pollicitor	pollicitāris, pollicitāre	pollicitātur	pollicitāmur	pollicitāminī	pollicitantur
	imperfect	pollicitābar	pollicitābāris, pollicitābāre	pollicitābātur	pollicitābāmur	pollicitābāminī	pollicitābantur
	future	pollicitābor	pollicitāberis, pollicitābere	pollicitābitur	pollicitābimur	pollicitābiminī	pollicitābuntur
	perfect	pollicitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pollicitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pollicitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	polliciter	pollicitēris, pollicitēre	pollicitētur	pollicitēmur	pollicitēminī	pollicitentur
	imperfect	pollicitārer	pollicitārēris, pollicitārēre	pollicitārētur	pollicitārēmur	pollicitārēminī	pollicitārentur
	perfect	pollicitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pollicitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pollicitāre	—	—	pollicitāminī	—
	future	—	pollicitātor	pollicitātor	—	—	pollicitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pollicitārī, pollicitārier1	pollicitātum esse	pollicitātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		pollicitāns	pollicitātus	pollicitātūrus	—	—	pollicitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pollicitandī	pollicitandō	pollicitandum	pollicitandō	pollicitātum	pollicitātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References

• “pollicitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pollicitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pollicitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.