altercor

Latin

Alternative forms

(active form) altercō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos

Proto-Italic *aljos

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Italic *-teros

Proto-Italic *aliteros

Latin alter

Latin -ico

Latin altercor

From alter (“the other, another”) + -ico.

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of altercor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	altercāre		—	—	altercāminī		—
active	future	—	altercātor		altercātor	—	—		altercantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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

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)