adipiscor

== Latin == === Etymology === From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ apīscor (“reach after something, pursue; reach”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.dɪˈpiːs.kɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.diˈpis.kor] === Verb === adipīscor (present infinitive adipīscī, perfect active adeptus sum); third conjugation, deponent to arrive at, reach; overtake, catch up with Synonyms: possideō, potior, obsideō, apprehendō, cōnsequor, exōrō, impetrō, mereō to get, obtain, acquire, get possession of, achieve, attain Synonyms: acquīrō, assequor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, lucror, impetrō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō Antonym: āmittō ==== Usage notes ==== Since this verb is deponent, its past participle adeptus usually has an active sense ("having obtained"). But along with a few others (e.g. comitātus from comitor, complexus from complector) it can sometimes have a passive sense too ("obtained"), as in adeptā libertāte found in Sallustius. adipiscing (not a real Latin word) is a lorem ipsum. ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “adipiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “adipiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “adipiscor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.