lurco

See also: Lurco

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown, a word avoided by the authors as vulgar. Probably imitative. Compare Middle High German slurken (“to swallow”), Arabic لَقِمَ‎ (laqima, “to swallow”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlur.koː/, [ˈɫʊr.koː]

Verb

lurcō (present infinitive lurcāre, perfect active lurcāvī, supine lurcātum); first conjugation

  1. to eat greedily, to guzzle

Conjugation
   Conjugation of lurcō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lurcō lurcās lurcat lurcāmus lurcātis lurcant
imperfect lurcābam lurcābās lurcābat lurcābāmus lurcābātis lurcābant
future lurcābō lurcābis lurcābit lurcābimus lurcābitis lurcābunt
perfect lurcāvī lurcāvistī lurcāvit lurcāvimus lurcāvistis lurcāvērunt, lurcāvēre
pluperfect lurcāveram lurcāverās lurcāverat lurcāverāmus lurcāverātis lurcāverant
future perfect lurcāverō lurcāveris lurcāverit lurcāverimus lurcāveritis lurcāverint
passive present lurcor lurcāris, lurcāre lurcātur lurcāmur lurcāminī lurcantur
imperfect lurcābar lurcābāris, lurcābāre lurcābātur lurcābāmur lurcābāminī lurcābantur
future lurcābor lurcāberis, lurcābere lurcābitur lurcābimur lurcābiminī lurcābuntur
perfect lurcātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lurcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lurcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lurcem lurcēs lurcet lurcēmus lurcētis lurcent
imperfect lurcārem lurcārēs lurcāret lurcārēmus lurcārētis lurcārent
perfect lurcāverim lurcāverīs lurcāverit lurcāverīmus lurcāverītis lurcāverint
pluperfect lurcāvissem lurcāvissēs lurcāvisset lurcāvissēmus lurcāvissētis lurcāvissent
passive present lurcer lurcēris, lurcēre lurcētur lurcēmur lurcēminī lurcentur
imperfect lurcārer lurcārēris, lurcārēre lurcārētur lurcārēmur lurcārēminī lurcārentur
perfect lurcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lurcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lurcā — — lurcāte —
future — lurcātō lurcātō — lurcātōte lurcantō
passive present — lurcāre — — lurcāminī —
future — lurcātor lurcātor — — lurcantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lurcāre lurcāvisse lurcātūrus esse lurcārī lurcātus esse lurcātum īrī
participles lurcāns — lurcātūrus — lurcātus lurcandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
lurcandī lurcandō lurcandum lurcandō lurcātum lurcātū

Derived terms

Noun

lurcō m (genitive lurcōnis); third declension

  1. glutton, gourmand
  2. a general invective

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lurcō lurcōnēs
Genitive lurcōnis lurcōnum
Dative lurcōnī lurcōnibus
Accusative lurcōnem lurcōnēs
Ablative lurcōne lurcōnibus
Vocative lurcō lurcōnēs

References
  • Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (2001), “lurco”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of André J., 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, page 371
  • lurcō, v. in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lurcō, n. in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lurco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • lurco in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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