nanciscor

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe (“has reached, attained”), stative of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

Cognate with Old Irish (do·)ánaic (“came, arrived”), Albanian kënaq (“to satisfy, be enough”), Old English ġenōg (“enough”), Sanskrit अश्नोति (aśnóti), see Sanskrit नश् (naś).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nanˈkiːs.kor/, [näŋˈkiːs̠kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nanˈt͡ʃis.kor/, [nän̠ʲˈt͡ʃiskor]

Verb

nancīscor (present infinitive nancīscī, perfect active nactus sum or nānctus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to meet with, stumble on, encounter, acquire, get, reach, find something

   Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, potior, lucror, inveniō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

   cum plus otii nactus ero ― when I have more free time (literally, “when I will have met more leisure”)

2. to contract, catch

   morbum nancisci ― to fall ill

3. (by extension) to possess by birth, have by nature

Conjugation

• The alternative supine nānctum is rare.

Conjugation of nancīscor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nancīscor	nancīsceris, nancīscere	nancīscitur	nancīscimur	nancīsciminī	nancīscuntur
	imperfect	nancīscēbar	nancīscēbāris, nancīscēbāre	nancīscēbātur	nancīscēbāmur	nancīscēbāminī	nancīscēbantur
	future	nancīscar	nancīscēris, nancīscēre	nancīscētur	nancīscēmur	nancīscēminī	nancīscentur
	perfect	nactus or nānctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nactus or nānctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nactus or nānctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nancīscar	nancīscāris, nancīscāre	nancīscātur	nancīscāmur	nancīscāminī	nancīscantur
	imperfect	nancīscerer	nancīscerēris, nancīscerēre	nancīscerētur	nancīscerēmur	nancīscerēminī	nancīscerentur
	perfect	nactus or nānctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	nactus or nānctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nancīscere	—	—	nancīsciminī	—
	future	—	nancīscitor	nancīscitor	—	—	nancīscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nancīscī	nactum esse, nānctum esse	nactūrum esse, nānctūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		nancīscēns	nactus, nānctus	nactūrus, nānctūrus	—	—	nancīscendus, nancīscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nancīscendī	nancīscendō	nancīscendum	nancīscendō	nactum, nānctum	nactū, nānctū

Derived terms

• nanciō

References

• “nanciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nanciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nanciscor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to meet with good weather: tempestatem idoneam, bonam nancisci
    
  • to meet, come across a person; to meet casually: offendere, nancisci aliquem
    
  • to find a suitable pretext: causam idoneam nancisci
    
  • to get, meet with, a favourable opportunity: occasionem nancisci
    
  • to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunam fautricem nancisci