LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

lanceō

lanceō (present infinitive lanceāre)
Classical[ˈɫaŋ.ke.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈlan̠ʲ.t͡ʃe.o]

Meaning

  1. EcclesiasticalLate LatinLatinintransitiveto wield or handle a lance
  2. Medieval Latintransitiveto launch or shoot (especially something akin to a javelin or spear)
  3. Medieval Latintransitiveto pierce (someone) through with a pike, sword, dagger, vel sim.

Conjugation conjugation 1 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.lanceōlanceābamlanceābō———
2nd sg.lanceāslanceābāslanceābis———
3rd sg.lanceatlanceābatlanceābit———
1st pl.lanceāmuslanceābāmuslanceābimus———
2nd pl.lanceātislanceābātislanceābitis———
3rd pl.lanceantlanceābantlanceābunt———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.lanceemlanceārem——
2nd sg.lanceēslanceārēs——
3rd sg.lanceetlanceāret——
1st pl.lanceēmuslanceārēmus——
2nd pl.lanceētislanceārētis——
3rd pl.lanceentlanceārent——
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.lanceorlanceābarlanceābor
2nd sg.lanceāris
lanceāre
lanceābāris
lanceābāre
lanceāberis
lanceābere
3rd sg.lanceāturlanceābāturlanceābitur
1st pl.lanceāmurlanceābāmurlanceābimur
2nd pl.lanceāminīlanceābāminīlanceābiminī
3rd pl.lanceanturlanceābanturlanceābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.lanceerlanceārer
2nd sg.lanceēris
lanceēre
lanceārēris
lanceārēre
3rd sg.lanceēturlanceārētur
1st pl.lanceēmurlanceārēmur
2nd pl.lanceēminīlanceārēminī
3rd pl.lanceenturlanceārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.lanceālanceāre
pres. 2nd pl.lanceātelanceāminī
fut. 2nd sg.lanceātōlanceātor
fut. 3rd sg.lanceātōlanceātor
fut. 2nd pl.lanceātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.lanceantōlanceantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivelanceārelanceārī
present participlelanceāns—
future participle—lanceandus
gerundlanceandī, lanceandō, lanceandum

lancĕo, āre, v. a. lancea,
I. to wield or handle a lance (eccl. Lat.), Tert. adv. Jud. 9; id. adv. Marc. 13.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lanceō From lancea (“short javelin”, “light spear”, “lance”) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs).

Borrowings
  • Englishlance
  • Portugueselancear
  • Spanishlancear
Elsewhere
  • Italianlanciare
  • Frenchlancerfrom Old French lancier
  • Englishlaunchfrom Old French lancier
  • Friulianslançâ
  • Normanlanchifrom Old French lancier
  • Piedmonteselansé
  • Sicilianlanzari
  • Venetanlansar
Old Occitan
  • Occitanlançar
  • Catalanllançar
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueselançarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese lançar
  • Spanishlanzarfrom Old Spanish lançar
  • Asturianllanzar
  • Galicianlanzarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese lançar

Quick answers

What does lanceō mean in Latin?
lanceō, a verb, means “to wield or handle a lance; to launch or shoot (especially something akin to a javelin or spear); to pierce (someone) through with a pike, sword, dagger, vel sim.”.
What are the principal parts of lanceō?
lanceō, lanceāre (first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce lanceō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɫaŋ.ke.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlan̠ʲ.t͡ʃe.o].