pollicitor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-

Proto-Italic *por-

Latin por-

Latin liceor

Latin polliceor

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin pollicitor

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔlˈlɪ.kɪ.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [polˈliː.t͡ʃi.tor]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pollicitārī, pollicitārier1			—			pollicitāns			—
future		pollicitātūrum esse			—			pollicitātūrus			pollicitandus
perfect		pollicitātum esse			—			pollicitātus			—
future perfect		pollicitātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		pollicitātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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.