lanceo

See also: lanceó

Latin

Alternative forms

• lanciō (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

lancea (“short javelin”, “light spear”, “lance”) +‎ -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlan.ke.oː/, [ˈɫ̪äŋkeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlan.t͡ʃe.o/, [ˈlän̠ʲt͡ʃeo]

Verb

lanceō (present infinitive lanceāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin, intransitive) to wield or handle a lance
2. (Medieval Latin, transitive, construed with accusative of object) to launch or shoot (especially something akin to a javelin or spear)
3. (Medieval Latin, transitive, construed with accusative of person) to pierce (someone) through with a pike, sword, dagger, vel sim.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lanceō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lanceō	lanceās	lanceat	lanceāmus	lanceātis	lanceant
	imperfect	lanceābam	lanceābās	lanceābat	lanceābāmus	lanceābātis	lanceābant
	future	lanceābō	lanceābis	lanceābit	lanceābimus	lanceābitis	lanceābunt
passive	present	lanceor	lanceāris, lanceāre	lanceātur	lanceāmur	lanceāminī	lanceantur
	imperfect	lanceābar	lanceābāris, lanceābāre	lanceābātur	lanceābāmur	lanceābāminī	lanceābantur
	future	lanceābor	lanceāberis, lanceābere	lanceābitur	lanceābimur	lanceābiminī	lanceābuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lanceem	lanceēs	lanceet	lanceēmus	lanceētis	lanceent
	imperfect	lanceārem	lanceārēs	lanceāret	lanceārēmus	lanceārētis	lanceārent
passive	present	lanceer	lanceēris, lanceēre	lanceētur	lanceēmur	lanceēminī	lanceentur
	imperfect	lanceārer	lanceārēris, lanceārēre	lanceārētur	lanceārēmur	lanceārēminī	lanceārentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lanceā	—	—	lanceāte	—
	future	—	lanceātō	lanceātō	—	lanceātōte	lanceantō
passive	present	—	lanceāre	—	—	lanceāminī	—
	future	—	lanceātor	lanceātor	—	—	lanceantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lanceāre	—	—	lanceārī	—	—
participles		lanceāns	—	—	—	—	lanceandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lanceandī	lanceandō	lanceandum	lanceandō	—	—

Synonyms

• (I launch, shoot): mittō (Classical)

Related terms

• lanceārius
• lanceola

Descendants

• Friulian: slançâ (with s-)
• Italian: lanciare
• Old French: lancier
  • French: lancer (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Old Northern French: lanchier
    • → Middle English: launchen
      • English: launch
    • Norman: lanchi
• Old Occitan:
  • Occitan: lançar
  • Catalan: llançar
• Piedmontese: lansé
• Sicilian: lanzari
• Venetan: lansar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: llanzar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: lançar
    • Galician: lanzar
    • Portuguese: lançar (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: lançar
    • Spanish: lanzar
• Borrowings:
  • → Portuguese: lancear
  • → Spanish: lancear

References

• “lancĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1. Lanceare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 2. Lanceare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 3. Lanceare, Lanciare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lancĕo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 885/2.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “lanceare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 580/1

Spanish

Verb

lanceo

1. first-person singular present indicative of lancear