verbfirst conjugation, deponent
sermōcinor
sermōcinor (present infinitive sermōcinārī, perfect active sermōcinātus sum)
Classical[sɛrˈmoː.kɪ.nɔr]Ecclesiastical[serˈmɔː.t͡ʃi.nor]
Meaning
- deponentto talk, parley, converse, commune, discourse
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | sermōcinor | sermōcinābar | sermōcinābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | sermōcināris sermōcināre | sermōcinābāris sermōcinābāre | sermōcināberis sermōcinābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | sermōcinātur | sermōcinābātur | sermōcinābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | sermōcināmur | sermōcinābāmur | sermōcinābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | sermōcināminī | sermōcinābāminī | sermōcinābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | sermōcinantur | sermōcinābantur | sermōcinābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | sermōciner | sermōcinārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | sermōcinēris sermōcinēre | sermōcinārēris sermōcinārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | sermōcinētur | sermōcinārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | sermōcinēmur | sermōcinārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | sermōcinēminī | sermōcinārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | sermōcinentur | sermōcinārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | sermōcināre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | sermōcināminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | sermōcinātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | sermōcinātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | sermōcinantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | sermōcinārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | sermōcinātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | sermōcinātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | sermōcināns | — |
| perfect participle | sermōcinātus sermōcināta, sermōcinātā, sermōcinātae, sermōcinātam, sermōcinātārum, sermōcinātās, sermōcināte, sermōcinātī, sermōcinātīs, sermōcinātō, sermōcinātōrum, sermōcinātōs | — |
| future participle | sermōcinātūrus sermōcinātūra, sermōcinātūrā, sermōcinātūrae, sermōcinātūram, sermōcinātūrārum, sermōcinātūrās, sermōcinātūre, sermōcinātūrī, sermōcinātūrīs, sermōcinātūrō, sermōcinātūrōrum, sermōcinātūrōs, sermōcinātūrum | sermōcinandus sermōcinanda, sermōcinandā, sermōcinandae, sermōcinandam, sermōcinandārum, sermōcinandās, sermōcinande, sermōcinandīs, sermōcinandōrum, sermōcinandōs |
gerundsermōcinandī, sermōcinandō, sermōcinandumsupinesermōcinātum, sermōcinātū
sermōcĭnor, ātus, 1,
I. v. dep. n. [sermo].
I. To talk with any one, to parley, converse, commune, discourse about any thing (rare but class.;
syn. colloquor): consuetudo sermocinandi, Cic. Inv. 2, 17, 54: cum aliquo, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 138: psittaci etiam sermocinantes, Plin. 10, 41, 58, § 117.—Act. collat. form sermōcĭno, Isid. Orig. 1, 39, 2.—II. In partic. (acc. to sermo, I. B. 1.), to hold a literary conversation, to dispute, discuss:
exquisitius sermocinari, etc., Suet. Tib. 56: pluria forte quis dixit sermocinans vir apprime doctus, Gell. 5, 21, 1.— Hence, * sermōcĭnanter, adv., in discourse or conversation: horas extrahere, Sid. Ep. 8, 6 med.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sermōcinor ātus, ārī, dep.
* sermocinus, from sermo, to talk, parley, converse, discourse : consuetudo scrmocinandi: cum isto.
Origins
From sermō (“speech, conversation”) + -cinor, a suffix generally thought to derive from canō (“to sing; to recite”). Compare Latin ratiōcinor and vāticinor. According to Gellius, this word is a corruption of sermōnor which displaced its original.
Descendants
- Englishsermocinate
In English words that came into English from sermōcinor
- sermocinationsermocinatio