ulciscor

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλκή (alkḗ).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ulˈkiːs.kor/, [ʊɫ̪ˈkiːs̠kɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ulˈt͡ʃis.kor/, [ul̠ʲˈt͡ʃiskor]

Verb

ulcīscor (present infinitive ulcīscī, perfect active ultus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. I avenge.
    Synonyms: pūniō, vindicō
  2. I punish injustice, or wrongs
    Synonyms: castīgō, multō, pūniō, mulctō, expiō, obiūrgō, animadvertō, moneō, plēctō, exsequor
  3. I take vengeance on.
    Synonyms: persequor, pūniō, vindicō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of ulcīscor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ulcīscor ulcīsceris,
ulcīscere		 ulcīscitur ulcīscimur ulcīsciminī ulcīscuntur
imperfect ulcīscēbar ulcīscēbāris,
ulcīscēbāre		 ulcīscēbātur ulcīscēbāmur ulcīscēbāminī ulcīscēbantur
future ulcīscar ulcīscēris,
ulcīscēre		 ulcīscētur ulcīscēmur ulcīscēminī ulcīscentur
perfect ultus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ultus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ultus + future active indicative of sum
sigmatic future 1 — — — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ulcīscar ulcīscāris,
ulcīscāre		 ulcīscātur ulcīscāmur ulcīscāminī ulcīscantur
imperfect ulcīscerer ulcīscerēris,
ulcīscerēre		 ulcīscerētur ulcīscerēmur ulcīscerēminī ulcīscerentur
perfect ultus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ultus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ulcīscere — — ulcīsciminī —
future — ulcīscitor ulcīscitor — — ulcīscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ulcīscī ultum esse ultūrum esse — — —
participles ulcīscēns ultus ultūrus — — ulcīscendus,
ulcīscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ulcīscendī ulcīscendō ulcīscendum ulcīscendō ultum ultū

1The form "ullō" may have resulted from a later, erroneous misreading of "ulsō".

References
  • “ulciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ulciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ulciscor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to revenge oneself on some one: ulcisci aliquem, poenas expetere ab aliquo
    • to revenge oneself for a thing: ulcisci aliquid, poenas alicuius rei expetere
    • to revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf: ulcisci aliquem pro aliquo or pro aliqua re
    • to punish some one: ulcisci aliquem (pro aliqua re)
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
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