altercor

Latin

Alternative forms

• (active form) altercō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos

Proto-Italic *aljos

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Italic *-teros

Proto-Italic *aliteros

Latin alter

Latin -ic-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ico

Latin altercor

From alter (“the other, another”) + -ico. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced? Particularly: “suffix”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫˈtɛr.kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [alˈtɛr.kor]

Verb

altercor (present infinitive altercārī, perfect active altercātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to have a discussion or difference with another; dispute, quarrel, wrangle, argue
2. (law) to strive to gain the victory over an opponent in a court of justice by putting questions for him to answer
3. to contend or struggle with

Conjugation

   Conjugation of altercor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	altercor		altercāris, altercāre		altercātur		altercāmur		altercāminī		altercantur
	imperfect	altercābar		altercābāris, altercābāre		altercābātur		altercābāmur		altercābāminī		altercābantur
	future	altercābor		altercāberis, altercābere		altercābitur		altercābimur		altercābiminī		altercābuntur
	perfect	altercātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	altercātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	altercātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	altercer		altercēris, altercēre		altercētur		altercēmur		altercēminī		altercentur
	imperfect	altercārer		altercārēris, altercārēre		altercārētur		altercārēmur		altercārēminī		altercārentur
	perfect	altercātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	altercātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		altercāre		—		—		altercāminī		—
	future	—		altercātor		altercātor		—		—		altercantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		altercārī			—			altercāns			—
future		altercātūrum esse			—			altercātūrus			altercandus
perfect		altercātum esse			—			altercātus			—
future perfect		altercātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		altercātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		altercandī		altercandō		altercandum		altercandō		altercātum		altercātū

Derived terms

• altercābilis
• altercātiō
• altercātor

Descendants

• >? Asturian: aldericar
• → English: altercate
• → French: alterquer
• → Italian: altercare
• → Portuguese: altercar
• → Spanish: altercar

References

• “altercor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “altercor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “altercor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to hold an altercation with a man: verbis concertare or altercari cum aliquo (B. C. 3. 19. 6)