perseco

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ secō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.se.koː/, [ˈpɛrs̠ɛkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.se.ko/, [ˈpɛrseko]

Verb

persecō (present infinitive persecāre, perfect active persecuī, supine persectum); first conjugation

1. to dissect, cut up, excise

Conjugation

   Conjugation of persecō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	persecō	persecās	persecat	persecāmus	persecātis	persecant
	imperfect	persecābam	persecābās	persecābat	persecābāmus	persecābātis	persecābant
	future	persecābō	persecābis	persecābit	persecābimus	persecābitis	persecābunt
	perfect	persecuī	persecuistī	persecuit	persecuimus	persecuistis	persecuērunt, persecuēre
	pluperfect	persecueram	persecuerās	persecuerat	persecuerāmus	persecuerātis	persecuerant
	future perfect	persecuerō	persecueris	persecuerit	persecuerimus	persecueritis	persecuerint
passive	present	persecor	persecāris, persecāre	persecātur	persecāmur	persecāminī	persecantur
	imperfect	persecābar	persecābāris, persecābāre	persecābātur	persecābāmur	persecābāminī	persecābantur
	future	persecābor	persecāberis, persecābere	persecābitur	persecābimur	persecābiminī	persecābuntur
	perfect	persectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	persectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	persectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	persecem	persecēs	persecet	persecēmus	persecētis	persecent
	imperfect	persecārem	persecārēs	persecāret	persecārēmus	persecārētis	persecārent
	perfect	persecuerim	persecuerīs	persecuerit	persecuerīmus	persecuerītis	persecuerint
	pluperfect	persecuissem	persecuissēs	persecuisset	persecuissēmus	persecuissētis	persecuissent
passive	present	persecer	persecēris, persecēre	persecētur	persecēmur	persecēminī	persecentur
	imperfect	persecārer	persecārēris, persecārēre	persecārētur	persecārēmur	persecārēminī	persecārentur
	perfect	persectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	persectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	persecā	—	—	persecāte	—
	future	—	persecātō	persecātō	—	persecātōte	persecantō
passive	present	—	persecāre	—	—	persecāminī	—
	future	—	persecātor	persecātor	—	—	persecantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		persecāre	persecuisse	persectūrum esse	persecārī	persectum esse	persectum īrī
participles		persecāns	—	persectūrus	—	persectus	persecandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		persecandī	persecandō	persecandum	persecandō	persectum	persectū

Descendants

• Romanian: piersica

References

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