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conquinisco

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Latin

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Etymology

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con- +‎ *quinisco, apparently from a Proto-Indo-European *kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- (to flee), with no known cognates outside of Italic.[1] Compare quaccola (quail); has also been compared to Lithuanian kaktà (forehead).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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conquinīscō (present infinitive conquinīscere, perfect active conquēxī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem[2]

  1. to crouch down, squat

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “conquinīscō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 131
  2. ^ con-quĭnisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press