novercor

Latin

Etymology

From noverca (“stepmother”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noˈu̯er.kor/, [noˈu̯ɛrkɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈver.kor/, [noˈvɛrkor]

Verb

novercor (present infinitive novercārī, perfect active novercātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. (with dative, with in + accusative, Late Latin, Medieval Latin) to act the stepmother to, to treat with harshness
   • 12th century CE, Walter Map, De nugis curialium 19:

     cui nunquam temerāria praesūmptiō novercāta est, cum in omne perīculum quasi caecus irruerit

   • 12th century CE, Peter of Blois, Carmina 1.3.8:

     rosae rubor suīs audet
     nōdīs explicārī,
     aquilōnem sibi gaudet
     jam nōn novercārī.

Conjugation

Conjugation of novercor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	novercor	novercāris, novercāre	novercātur	novercāmur	novercāminī	novercantur
	imperfect	novercābar	novercābāris, novercābāre	novercābātur	novercābāmur	novercābāminī	novercābantur
	future	novercābor	novercāberis, novercābere	novercābitur	novercābimur	novercābiminī	novercābuntur
	perfect	novercātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	novercātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	novercātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	novercer	novercēris, novercēre	novercētur	novercēmur	novercēminī	novercentur
	imperfect	novercārer	novercārēris, novercārēre	novercārētur	novercārēmur	novercārēminī	novercārentur
	perfect	novercātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	novercātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	novercāre	—	—	novercāminī	—
	future	—	novercātor	novercātor	—	—	novercantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		novercārī	novercātum esse	novercātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		novercāns	novercātus	novercātūrus	—	—	novercandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		novercandī	novercandō	novercandum	novercandō	novercātum	novercātū

References

• novercor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• novercor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “novercor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “novercari”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC