nanciscor

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe (“has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Cognate with Old Irish (do·)ánaic (“came, arrived”), Albanian kënaq (“to satisfy, be enough”), Lithuanian nèšti (“to carry”), Ancient Greek ἤνεγκα (ḗnenka, “I carried”) (aorist of φέρω (phérō)), Old English ġenōg (“enough”), Old Church Slavonic нести (nesti, “to carry”), Sanskrit अश्नोति (aśnóti), नशति (náśati, “attains”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /nanˈkiːs.kor/, [naŋˈkiːs.kɔr]

Verb

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

I meet with, stumble on, encounter, acquire, get, reach, find something.
cum plus otii nactus ero ― when I have more free time (lit. when I will have met more leisure)
I contract, catch.
morbum nancisci ― to fall ill
(by extension) I possess by birth, have by nature.

Inflection

The fourth principal part may be nactus or nānctus sum.

Conjugation of nanciscor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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 + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		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 + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	nactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nancīscere	—	—	nancīsciminī	—
active	future	—	nancīscitor	nancīscitor	—	—	nancīscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nancīscī	nactus esse	nactūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		nancīscēns	nactus	nactūrus	—	—	nancīscendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		nancīscī	nancīscendī	nancīscendō	nancīscendum	nactum	nactū

Synonyms

(obtain): adipīscor, cōnsequor, exōrō, impetrō, mereō

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, 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

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