[ˈar.ke.oː], [ˈar.t͡ʃe.o]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *arkeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂orké-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-. Cognates include Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō).
- conjugation-2, transitiveto keep off, keep away, ward off, reject, repel
“Quae dea sit? Quārē famulās ā līmine templī
arceat (arcet enim) lībaque tosta petat?” — Which goddess is she? Why does she keep away handmaids from the threshold of her temple (indeed she keeps [them] away), and asks for toasted cakes?
(See: Mater Matuta.)
“Ante omnia arcendus puer ab authore, qui vitium poteſt fovere ac nutrire, quo is laboret : ut libidinoſus ab Ovidio, ſcurrilis a Martiale, maledicus & ſubſanator a Luciano, pronus ad impietatem a Lucr” — Above all, a boy should be kept off from an author that may foster and nourish his vice, as he does his work: and so the lecherous should be kept away from Ovid, the wisecracker from Martial, the slan
- conjugation-2, transitiveto prevent, hinder
- conjugation-2, transitiveto confine, keep close
- conjugation-2, transitiveto shut up, enclose
- conjugation-2, transitiveto defend, protect (from)
- conjugation-2, transitiveto keep away, take off, move away, alienate
Formsarceō(canonical) · arcēre(infinitive, present) · arcuī(active, perfect) · arcitum(supine) · arceō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · arcēs(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · arcet(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · arcēmus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · arcētis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · arcent(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · arcēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · arcēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · arcēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · arcēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · arcēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · arcēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · arcēbō(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · arcēbis(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · arcēbit(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · arcēbimus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)
Source: Wiktionary