amplexor

Latin

Alternative forms

• (active form) amplexō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin amplector

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

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 -tō

Latin amplexor

From amplector (“embrace, encircle”) + -tō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [amˈpɫɛk.sɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [amˈplɛk.sor]

Verb

amplexor (present infinitive amplexārī or amplexārier, perfect active amplexātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to embrace, encircle, clasp, cling to
2. (figuratively) to love, honor, cherish, esteem

Conjugation

   Conjugation of amplexor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	amplexor		amplexāris, amplexāre		amplexātur		amplexāmur		amplexāminī		amplexantur
	imperfect	amplexābar		amplexābāris, amplexābāre		amplexābātur		amplexābāmur		amplexābāminī		amplexābantur
	future	amplexābor		amplexāberis, amplexābere		amplexābitur		amplexābimur		amplexābiminī		amplexābuntur
	perfect	amplexātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	amplexātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	amplexātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	amplexer		amplexēris, amplexēre		amplexētur		amplexēmur		amplexēminī		amplexentur
	imperfect	amplexārer		amplexārēris, amplexārēre		amplexārētur		amplexārēmur		amplexārēminī		amplexārentur
	perfect	amplexātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	amplexātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		amplexāre		—		—		amplexāminī		—
	future	—		amplexātor		amplexātor		—		—		amplexantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		amplexārī, amplexārier1			—			amplexāns			—
future		amplexātūrum esse			—			amplexātūrus			amplexandus
perfect		amplexātum esse			—			amplexātus			—
future perfect		amplexātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		amplexātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		amplexandī		amplexandō		amplexandum		amplexandō		amplexātum		amplexātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Related terms

• amplector

References

• “amplexor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amplexor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “amplexor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be a lover of ease, leisure: otium sequi, amplexari