nanciscor

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe (“has reached, attained”), stative of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

Cognate with Old Irish (do·)ánaic (“came, arrived”), Albanian kënaq (“to satisfy, be enough”), Old English ġenōg (“enough”), Sanskrit अश्नोति (aśnóti), see Sanskrit नश् (naś).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nanˈkiːs.kor/, [näŋˈkiːs̠kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nanˈt͡ʃis.kor/, [nän̠ʲˈt͡ʃiskor]

Verb

nancīscor (present infinitive nancīscī, perfect active nactus sum or nānctus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to meet with, stumble on, encounter, acquire, get, reach, find something

   Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, potior, lucror, inveniō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

   cum plus otii nactus ero ― when I have more free time (literally, “when I will have met more leisure”)

2. to contract, catch

   morbum nancisci ― to fall ill

3. (by extension) to possess by birth, have by nature

Conjugation

• The alternative supine nānctum is rare.

   Conjugation of nancīscor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	nancīscor		nancīsceris, nancīscere		nancīscitur		nancīscimur		nancīsciminī		nancīscuntur
	imperfect	nancīscēbar		nancīscēbāris, nancīscēbāre		nancīscēbātur		nancīscēbāmur		nancīscēbāminī		nancīscēbantur
	future	nancīscar		nancīscēris, nancīscēre		nancīscētur		nancīscēmur		nancīscēminī		nancīscentur
	perfect	nactus or nānctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nactus or nānctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nactus or nānctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	nancīscar		nancīscāris, nancīscāre		nancīscātur		nancīscāmur		nancīscāminī		nancīscantur
	imperfect	nancīscerer		nancīscerēris, nancīscerēre		nancīscerētur		nancīscerēmur		nancīscerēminī		nancīscerentur
	perfect	nactus or nānctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	nactus or nānctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		nancīscere		—		—		nancīsciminī		—
	future	—		nancīscitor		nancīscitor		—		—		nancīscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		nancīscī			—			nancīscēns			—
future		nactūrum esse, nānctūrum esse			—			nactūrus, nānctūrus			nancīscendus, nancīscundus
perfect		nactum esse, nānctum esse			—			nactus, nānctus			—
future perfect		nactum fore, nānctum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		nactūrum fuisse, nānctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		nancīscendī		nancīscendō		nancīscendum		nancīscendō		nactum, nānctum		nactū, nānctū

Derived terms

• nanciō

References

• “nanciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nanciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nanciscor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to meet with good weather: tempestatem idoneam, bonam nancisci
    
  • to meet, come across a person; to meet casually: offendere, nancisci aliquem
    
  • to find a suitable pretext: causam idoneam nancisci
    
  • to get, meet with, a favourable opportunity: occasionem nancisci
    
  • to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunam fautricem nancisci