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Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-

Proto-Italic *por-

Latin por-

Latin liceor

Latin polliceor

From por- + liceor.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔlˈlɪ.ke.ɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [polˈliː.t͡ʃe.or]

Verb

polliceor (present infinitive pollicērī, perfect active pollicitus sum); second conjugation, deponent

to promise, guarantee
Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, stipulor, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, pangō
to bid, offer, present, hold forth
Synonyms: offerō, expōnō, praebeō, obiciō, porrigō, afferō, prōpōnō, sufferō, prōferō, dōnō, condōnō, largior, moveō

Conjugation

Conjugation of polliceor (second conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	polliceor	pollicēris, pollicēre		pollicētur	pollicēmur	pollicēminī		pollicentur
	imperfect	pollicēbar	pollicēbāris, pollicēbāre		pollicēbātur	pollicēbāmur	pollicēbāminī		pollicēbantur
	future	pollicēbor	pollicēberis, pollicēbere		pollicēbitur	pollicēbimur	pollicēbiminī		pollicēbuntur
	perfect	pollicitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pollicitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pollicitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	pollicear	polliceāris, polliceāre		polliceātur	polliceāmur	polliceāminī		polliceantur
	imperfect	pollicērer	pollicērēris, pollicērēre		pollicērētur	pollicērēmur	pollicērēminī		pollicērentur
	perfect	pollicitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pollicitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	pollicēre		—	—	pollicēminī		—
active	future	—	pollicētor		pollicētor	—	—		pollicentor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		pollicērī		—		pollicēns		—
future		pollicitūrum esse		—		pollicitūrus		pollicendus
perfect		pollicitum esse		—		pollicitus		—
future perfect		pollicitum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		pollicitūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		pollicendī	pollicendō		pollicendum	pollicendō	pollicitum		pollicitū

Related terms

References

“polliceor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“polliceor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“polliceor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.