apiscor

Latin

Etymology

From apiō (alternative form of apō (“I fasten”)) +‎ -scō. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō, “I fasten, grasp, enkindle”), Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “to reach, gain, take possession of”), आप्नोति (āpnoti, “to obtain, to grasp”), Hittite 𒂊𒅁 (epp-, “to take, seize, grab”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈpiːs.kor/, [äˈpiːs̠kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpis.kor/, [äˈpiskor]

Verb

apīscor (present infinitive apīscī, perfect active aptus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to reach after, try to seize
2. to pursue
3. to attain or acquire
4. to understand, grasp, comprehend

Conjugation

Conjugation of apīscor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	apīscor	apīsceris, apīscere	apīscitur	apīscimur	apīsciminī	apīscuntur
	imperfect	apīscēbar	apīscēbāris, apīscēbāre	apīscēbātur	apīscēbāmur	apīscēbāminī	apīscēbantur
	future	apīscar	apīscēris, apīscēre	apīscētur	apīscēmur	apīscēminī	apīscentur
	perfect	aptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	apīscar	apīscāris, apīscāre	apīscātur	apīscāmur	apīscāminī	apīscantur
	imperfect	apīscerer	apīscerēris, apīscerēre	apīscerētur	apīscerēmur	apīscerēminī	apīscerentur
	perfect	aptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	apīscere	—	—	apīsciminī	—
	future	—	apīscitor	apīscitor	—	—	apīscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		apīscī	aptum esse	aptūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		apīscēns	aptus	aptūrus	—	—	apīscendus, apīscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		apīscendī	apīscendō	apīscendum	apīscendō	aptum	aptū

Synonyms

• (acquire): acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, lucror, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, teneō, sūmō, emō, comparō, obtineō, potior, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō
• (comprehend): apprehendō, comprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, dēprehendō, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor
• (seize): habeō, concipio, capio, comprehendo, teneo, prehenso
• (pursue): exsequor, persequor, sequor, īnstō, premō, agō

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “comprehend”): ignōrō, nesciō
• (antonym(s) of “acquire”): āmittō

Derived terms

• adipīscor
• indipīscor
• redipīscor

References

1. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

• apiscor in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading

• “apiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “apiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• apiscor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “apt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN