Reconstruction:Latin/ranceo

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈran.ke.oː/, [ˈräŋkeoː]

Verb

*ranceō (present infinitive *rancēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem (rare)

1. to be rotten
   • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 3.719:

     unde cadavera rancenti iam viscere vermes

Usage notes

• Very rare. In Classical Latin, only the present active participle rancēns is attested. A few other forms such as rancet are attested in late glosses.

Inflection

Conjugation of ranceō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ranceō	rancēs	rancet	rancēmus	rancētis	rancent
	imperfect	rancēbam	rancēbās	rancēbat	rancēbāmus	rancēbātis	rancēbant
	future	rancēbō	rancēbis	rancēbit	rancēbimus	rancēbitis	rancēbunt
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ranceam	ranceās	ranceat	ranceāmus	ranceātis	ranceant
	imperfect	rancērem	rancērēs	rancēret	rancērēmus	rancērētis	rancērent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rancē	—	—	rancēte	—
	future	—	rancētō	rancētō	—	rancētōte	rancentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rancēre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		rancēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		rancendī	rancendō	rancendum	rancendō	—	—

Derived terms

• rancēns
• rancēscō
• rancide
• rancidulus
• rancidus
• rancor

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “rancere”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• rancere 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)