aerusco

Latin

FWOTD – 10 March 2015

Etymology

Probably a denominative in -ō from a lost adjective, Proto-Italic *aizoskos (“demanding”), or an s-derivative *aizos (“demand”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to request, search”). Cognate with Old Armenian հայց (haycʻ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈrus.koː/, [äe̯ˈrʊs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈrus.ko/, [eˈrusko]

Verb

aeruscō (present infinitive aeruscāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems (archaic)

1. to get money by going about and exhibiting tricks; play the juggler
2. (by extension) to go begging

Conjugation

   Conjugation of aeruscō (first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	aeruscō		aeruscās		aeruscat		aeruscāmus		aeruscātis		aeruscant
	imperfect	aeruscābam		aeruscābās		aeruscābat		aeruscābāmus		aeruscābātis		aeruscābant
	future	aeruscābō		aeruscābis		aeruscābit		aeruscābimus		aeruscābitis		aeruscābunt
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	aeruscem		aeruscēs		aeruscet		aeruscēmus		aeruscētis		aeruscent
	imperfect	aeruscārem		aeruscārēs		aeruscāret		aeruscārēmus		aeruscārētis		aeruscārent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		aeruscā		—		—		aeruscāte		—
	future	—		aeruscātō		aeruscātō		—		aeruscātōte		aeruscantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		aeruscāre			—			aeruscāns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		aeruscandī		aeruscandō		aeruscandum		aeruscandō		—		—

Derived terms

• aeruscātor

References

• “aerusco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aerusco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.