ulciscor

Latin

Alternative forms

• ulcīscō (archaic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλκή (alkḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ulˈkiːs.kor/, [ʊɫ̪ˈkiːs̠kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ulˈt͡ʃis.kor/, [ul̠ʲˈt͡ʃiskor]

Verb

ulcīscor (present infinitive ulcīscī, perfect active ultus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to avenge

   Synonyms: pūniō, vindicō

2. to punish injustice, or wrongs

   Synonyms: castīgō, multō, pūniō, mulctō, expiō, obiūrgō, animadvertō, moneō, plēctō, exsequor

3. to take vengeance on

   Synonyms: persequor, pūniō, vindicō

Conjugation

Conjugation of ulcīscor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ulcīscor	ulcīsceris, ulcīscere	ulcīscitur	ulcīscimur	ulcīsciminī	ulcīscuntur
	imperfect	ulcīscēbar	ulcīscēbāris, ulcīscēbāre	ulcīscēbātur	ulcīscēbāmur	ulcīscēbāminī	ulcīscēbantur
	future	ulcīscar	ulcīscēris, ulcīscēre	ulcīscētur	ulcīscēmur	ulcīscēminī	ulcīscentur
	perfect	ultus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ultus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ultus + future active indicative of sum
	sigmatic future	1	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ulcīscar	ulcīscāris, ulcīscāre	ulcīscātur	ulcīscāmur	ulcīscāminī	ulcīscantur
	imperfect	ulcīscerer	ulcīscerēris, ulcīscerēre	ulcīscerētur	ulcīscerēmur	ulcīscerēminī	ulcīscerentur
	perfect	ultus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ultus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ulcīscere	—	—	ulcīsciminī	—
	future	—	ulcīscitor	ulcīscitor	—	—	ulcīscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ulcīscī	ultum esse	ultūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		ulcīscēns	ultus	ultūrus	—	—	ulcīscendus, ulcīscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ulcīscendī	ulcīscendō	ulcīscendum	ulcīscendō	ultum	ultū

¹The form "ullō" may have resulted from a later, erroneous misreading of "ulsō".

Related terms

• inultus
• ultiō
• ultor
• ultōrius
• ultrīx

References

• “ulciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ulciscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ulciscor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to revenge oneself on some one: ulcisci aliquem, poenas expetere ab aliquo
    
  • to revenge oneself for a thing: ulcisci aliquid, poenas alicuius rei expetere
    
  • to revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf: ulcisci aliquem pro aliquo or pro aliqua re
    
  • to punish some one: ulcisci aliquem (pro aliqua re)