caballico

Latin

Etymology

From caballus +‎ -icō. Attested from the early sixth century in Anthimus and the Lex Salica.

Verb

caballicō (present infinitive caballicāre, perfect active caballicāvī, supine caballicātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

1. to ride (a horse)
   • Pactus Legis Salicae XXV.1:

     Si quis caballum sine permissu domini sui ascenderit et eum caballicaverit...

     Should anyone mount a horse without its owner's permission and ride it...

Conjugation

Conjugation of caballicō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	caballicō	caballicās	caballicat	caballicāmus	caballicātis	caballicant
	imperfect	caballicābam	caballicābās	caballicābat	caballicābāmus	caballicābātis	caballicābant
	future	caballicābō	caballicābis	caballicābit	caballicābimus	caballicābitis	caballicābunt
	perfect	caballicāvī	caballicāvistī	caballicāvit	caballicāvimus	caballicāvistis	caballicāvērunt, caballicāvēre
	pluperfect	caballicāveram	caballicāverās	caballicāverat	caballicāverāmus	caballicāverātis	caballicāverant
	future perfect	caballicāverō	caballicāveris	caballicāverit	caballicāverimus	caballicāveritis	caballicāverint
passive	present	caballicor	caballicāris, caballicāre	caballicātur	caballicāmur	caballicāminī	caballicantur
	imperfect	caballicābar	caballicābāris, caballicābāre	caballicābātur	caballicābāmur	caballicābāminī	caballicābantur
	future	caballicābor	caballicāberis, caballicābere	caballicābitur	caballicābimur	caballicābiminī	caballicābuntur
	perfect	caballicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	caballicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	caballicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	caballicem	caballicēs	caballicet	caballicēmus	caballicētis	caballicent
	imperfect	caballicārem	caballicārēs	caballicāret	caballicārēmus	caballicārētis	caballicārent
	perfect	caballicāverim	caballicāverīs	caballicāverit	caballicāverīmus	caballicāverītis	caballicāverint
	pluperfect	caballicāvissem	caballicāvissēs	caballicāvisset	caballicāvissēmus	caballicāvissētis	caballicāvissent
passive	present	caballicer	caballicēris, caballicēre	caballicētur	caballicēmur	caballicēminī	caballicentur
	imperfect	caballicārer	caballicārēris, caballicārēre	caballicārētur	caballicārēmur	caballicārēminī	caballicārentur
	perfect	caballicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	caballicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	caballicā	—	—	caballicāte	—
	future	—	caballicātō	caballicātō	—	caballicātōte	caballicantō
passive	present	—	caballicāre	—	—	caballicāminī	—
	future	—	caballicātor	caballicātor	—	—	caballicantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		caballicāre	caballicāvisse	caballicātūrum esse	caballicārī	caballicātum esse	caballicātum īrī
participles		caballicāns	—	caballicātūrus	—	caballicātus	caballicandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		caballicandī	caballicandō	caballicandum	caballicandō	caballicātum	caballicātū

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: cavalcare
    • → Sardinian: cavalcai (Campidanese)
  • Sicilian: cavarcari ⇒ accavarcari
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: cabaddicare, cabaddare, caddicare, caddigare (Nuorese), caddare (Logudorese), cuaddigai (Campidanese)
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: cjavalgjâ
  • Romansch: chavalger, chavalgiar
  • Venetan: cavalcar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: cavalcar, cabalgar, qualcar, colcar
  • Franco-Provençal: tsevaodzi
  • Old French: chevauchier, kevalkier (northern)
    • Middle French: chevauchier
      • French: chevaucher
    • Norman: quevauquier
    • Picard: cvaukier
  • Occitan: cavalcar, cavalgar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: cavalgar
    • Galician: cabalgar
    • Portuguese: cavalgar
  • Spanish: cabalgar
• Vulgar Latin: (see there for further descendants)
  • *discaballicāre
  • *incaballicāre

References

• Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/kaˈβall-ik-a-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “caballicare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 109

Further reading

• caballicare 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)
• caballico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.