crocio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *krok-, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *k(V)r-, related to several other Indo-European words such as Lithuanian kriõkti (“to rattle, grunt”), Sanskrit कृकर (kṛkara, “partridge”),[1] Ancient Greek κρώζω (krṓzō). See also cornīx (“crow”), corvus (“raven”).

Pronunciation

Verb

crociō (present infinitive crocīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to croak like a raven

Conjugation

   Conjugation of crociō (fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present crociō crocīs crocit crocīmus crocītis crociunt
imperfect crociēbam crociēbās crociēbat crociēbāmus crociēbātis crociēbant
future crociam crociēs crociet crociēmus crociētis crocient
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present crociam crociās crociat crociāmus crociātis crociant
imperfect crocīrem crocīrēs crocīret crocīrēmus crocīrētis crocīrent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — crocī — — crocīte —
future — crocītō crocītō — crocītōte crociuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present crocīre — crociēns —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
crociendī crociendō crociendum crociendō — —

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “crōciō, -īre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 145-6

Further reading

  • “crocio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "crocio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • crocio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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