pollicitor
Latin
Etymology
From polliceor + -tō (“frequentative suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔlˈlɪ.kɪ.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [polˈliː.t͡ʃi.t̪or]
Verb
pollicitor (present infinitive pollicitārī or pollicitārier, perfect active pollicitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to promise
Conjugation
Conjugation of pollicitor (first conjugation, deponent)
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
References
- “pollicitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pollicitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pollicitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.