arcesso

Latin

Alternative forms

• accersō

Etymology

From accedō +‎ -tō, with ar- for ad- (as in arbiter).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /arˈkes.soː/, [ärˈkɛs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈt͡ʃes.so/, [ärˈt͡ʃɛsːo]

Verb

arcessō (present infinitive arcessere, perfect active arcessīvī, supine arcessītum); third conjugation

1. to send for, call, invite, summon, fetch

   Synonyms: prōvocō, advocō, ēvocō, invocō, invītō, acciō, citō, inclāmō, exciō

2. to summon or arraign someone before a court of justice; accuse, inform against

   Synonyms: accūsō, condemnō, crīminor, compellō, obloquor, corripiō, arripiō, pulsō, incūsō, arguō

Conjugation

Conjugation of arcessō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	arcessō	arcessis	arcessit	arcessimus	arcessitis	arcessunt
	imperfect	arcessēbam	arcessēbās	arcessēbat	arcessēbāmus	arcessēbātis	arcessēbant
	future	arcessam	arcessēs	arcesset	arcessēmus	arcessētis	arcessent
	perfect	arcessīvī	arcessīvistī	arcessīvit	arcessīvimus	arcessīvistis	arcessīvērunt, arcessīvēre
	pluperfect	arcessīveram	arcessīverās	arcessīverat	arcessīverāmus	arcessīverātis	arcessīverant
	future perfect	arcessīverō	arcessīveris	arcessīverit	arcessīverimus	arcessīveritis	arcessīverint
passive	present	arcessor	arcesseris, arcessere	arcessitur	arcessimur	arcessiminī	arcessuntur
	imperfect	arcessēbar	arcessēbāris, arcessēbāre	arcessēbātur	arcessēbāmur	arcessēbāminī	arcessēbantur
	future	arcessar	arcessēris, arcessēre	arcessētur	arcessēmur	arcessēminī	arcessentur
	perfect	arcessītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	arcessītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	arcessītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	arcessam	arcessās	arcessat	arcessāmus	arcessātis	arcessant
	imperfect	arcesserem	arcesserēs	arcesseret	arcesserēmus	arcesserētis	arcesserent
	perfect	arcessīverim	arcessīverīs	arcessīverit	arcessīverīmus	arcessīverītis	arcessīverint
	pluperfect	arcessīvissem	arcessīvissēs	arcessīvisset	arcessīvissēmus	arcessīvissētis	arcessīvissent
passive	present	arcessar	arcessāris, arcessāre	arcessātur	arcessāmur	arcessāminī	arcessantur
	imperfect	arcesserer	arcesserēris, arcesserēre	arcesserētur	arcesserēmur	arcesserēminī	arcesserentur
	perfect	arcessītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	arcessītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	arcesse	—	—	arcessite	—
	future	—	arcessitō	arcessitō	—	arcessitōte	arcessuntō
passive	present	—	arcessere	—	—	arcessiminī	—
	future	—	arcessitor	arcessitor	—	—	arcessuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		arcessere	arcessīvisse	arcessītūrum esse	arcessī	arcessītum esse	arcessītum īrī
participles		arcessēns	—	arcessītūrus	—	arcessītus	arcessendus, arcessundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		arcessendī	arcessendō	arcessendum	arcessendō	arcessītum	arcessītū

References

• “arcesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “arcesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• arcesso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a far-fetched joke: arcessitum dictum (De Or. 2. 63. 256)
    
  • to summon auxiliary troops: auxilia arcessere