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nanciscor
nanciscor
Latin
Verb
nancīscor (present infinitive nancīscī, perfect active nactus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- I meet with, stumble on, encounter, acquire, get, reach, find something.
- I contract, catch.
- (by extension) I possess by birth, have by nature.
Inflection
| Conjugation of nanciscor (third conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | nancīscor | nancīsceris, nancīscere | nancīscitur | nancīscimur | nancīsciminī | nancīscuntur |
| imperfect | nancīscēbar | nancīscēbāris, nancīscēbāre | nancīscēbātur | nancīscēbāmur | nancīscēbāminī | nancīscēbantur | |
| future | nancīscar | nancīscēris, nancīscēre | nancīscētur | nancīscēmur | nancīscēminī | nancīscentur | |
| perfect | nactus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | nactus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | nactus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | nancīscar | nancīscāris, nancīscāre | nancīscātur | nancīscāmur | nancīscāminī | nancīscantur |
| imperfect | nancīscerer | nancīscerēris, nancīscerēre | nancīscerētur | nancīscerēmur | nancīscerēminī | nancīscerentur | |
| perfect | nactus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | nactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | nancīscere | — | — | nancīsciminī | — |
| future | — | nancīscitor | nancīscitor | — | — | nancīscuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | nancīscī | nactus esse | nactūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | nancīscēns | nactus | nactūrus | — | — | nancīscendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| nancīscī | nancīscendī | nancīscendō | nancīscendum | nactum | nactū | ||
Synonyms
Derived terms
- nanciō
References
- nanciscor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nanciscor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nanciscor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to meet with good weather: tempestatem idoneam, bonam nancisci
- to meet, come across a person; to meet casually: offendere, nancisci aliquem
- to find a suitable pretext: causam idoneam nancisci
- to get, meet with, a favourable opportunity: occasionem nancisci
- to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunam fautricem nancisci
- to meet with good weather: tempestatem idoneam, bonam nancisci