fornicor

Latin

Etymology

fornix (“vault, brothel”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.ni.kor/, [ˈfɔrnɪkɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.ni.kor/, [ˈfɔrnikor]

Verb

fornicor (present infinitive fornicārī, perfect active fornicātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to fornicate, commit fornication

Conjugation

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fornicor		fornicāris, fornicāre		fornicātur		fornicāmur		fornicāminī		fornicantur
	imperfect	fornicābar		fornicābāris, fornicābāre		fornicābātur		fornicābāmur		fornicābāminī		fornicābantur
	future	fornicābor		fornicāberis, fornicābere		fornicābitur		fornicābimur		fornicābiminī		fornicābuntur
	perfect	fornicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fornicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fornicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fornicer		fornicēris, fornicēre		fornicētur		fornicēmur		fornicēminī		fornicentur
	imperfect	fornicārer		fornicārēris, fornicārēre		fornicārētur		fornicārēmur		fornicārēminī		fornicārentur
	perfect	fornicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fornicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		fornicāre		—		—		fornicāminī		—
	future	—		fornicātor		fornicātor		—		—		fornicantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		fornicārī			—			fornicāns			—
future		fornicātūrum esse			—			fornicātūrus			fornicandus
perfect		fornicātum esse			—			fornicātus			—
future perfect		fornicātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		fornicātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		fornicandī		fornicandō		fornicandum		fornicandō		fornicātum		fornicātū

   Conjugation of fornicor (first conjugation, deponent)

Derived terms

• fornicātiō

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: fornigar, fornagar
  • Old Sardinian: forrigare, forricare, furricare
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *fornicium
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: forniço
    • Old Sardinian: forrithiu, furrithu, forrittu
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: fornicar
  • → English: fornicate
  • → French: forniquer
  • → Galician: fornicar
  • → Italian: fornicare
  • → Occitan: fornicar
  • → Portuguese: fornicar
  • → Romanian: fornica
  • → Spanish: fornicar
    • → Basque-Icelandic Pidgin: fenicha

References

• “fornicor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fornicor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “fornicare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 258
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fornicare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 725
• Dworkin, Steven N. 2016. Lexical stability and shared lexicon. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 586. Oxford University Press.
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “fornicare”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “forricare”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg