fornicor

Latin

Etymology

fornix (“vault, brothel”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

fornicor (present infinitive fornicārī, perfect active fornicātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to fornicate, commit fornication

Conjugation
   Conjugation of fornicor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fornicor fornicāris,
fornicāre		 fornicātur fornicāmur fornicāminī fornicantur
imperfect fornicābar fornicābāris,
fornicābāre		 fornicābātur fornicābāmur fornicābāminī fornicābantur
future fornicābor fornicāberis,
fornicābere		 fornicābitur fornicābimur fornicābiminī fornicābuntur
perfect fornicātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect fornicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect fornicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fornicer fornicēris,
fornicēre		 fornicētur fornicēmur fornicēminī fornicentur
imperfect fornicārer fornicārēris,
fornicārēre		 fornicārētur fornicārēmur fornicārēminī fornicārentur
perfect fornicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect fornicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — fornicāre — — fornicāminī —
future — fornicātor fornicātor — — fornicantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives fornicārī fornicātum esse fornicātūrum esse — — —
participles fornicāns fornicātus fornicātūrus — — fornicandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
fornicandī fornicandō fornicandum fornicandō fornicātum fornicātū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Inherited:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: fornigar, fornagar
    • Old Sardinian: forrigare, forricare, furricare
    • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *fornicium
      • Old Galician-Portuguese: forniço
      • Old Sardinian: forrithiu, furrithu, forrittu
  • Borrowed:

References
  • “fornicor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fornicor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “fornicare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 258
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fornicare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 725
  • Dworkin, Steven N. 2016. Lexical stability and shared lexicon. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 586. Oxford University Press.
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “fornicare”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “forricare”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
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