imprecor

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ precor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈim.pre.kor/, [ˈɪmprɛkɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈim.pre.kor/, [ˈimprekor]

Verb

imprecor (present infinitive imprecārī, perfect active imprecātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. (alicui aliquid) to wish to
2. to imprecate, call down a curse upon, curse, hex
3. to beseech, to pray to

Conjugation

   Conjugation of imprecor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	imprecor	imprecāris, imprecāre	imprecātur	imprecāmur	imprecāminī	imprecantur
	imperfect	imprecābar	imprecābāris, imprecābāre	imprecābātur	imprecābāmur	imprecābāminī	imprecābantur
	future	imprecābor	imprecāberis, imprecābere	imprecābitur	imprecābimur	imprecābiminī	imprecābuntur
	perfect	imprecātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	imprecātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	imprecātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	imprecer	imprecēris, imprecēre	imprecētur	imprecēmur	imprecēminī	imprecentur
imperfect	imprecārer	imprecārēris, imprecārēre	imprecārētur	imprecārēmur	imprecārēminī	imprecārentur
perfect	imprecātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	imprecātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	imprecāre	—	—	imprecāminī	—
	future	—	imprecātor	imprecātor	—	—	imprecantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		imprecārī	imprecātum esse	imprecātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		imprecāns	imprecātus	imprecātūrus	—	—	imprecandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		imprecandī	imprecandō	imprecandum	imprecandō	imprecātum	imprecātū

Derived terms

• imprecātiō

Descendants

• Catalan: imprecar
• English: imprecate
• Galician: imprecar
• Italian: imprecare
• Portuguese: imprecar
• Spanish: imprecar

References

• “imprecor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imprecor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imprecor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.