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novercor

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Latin

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Etymology

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From noverca (stepmother) +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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.

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