[ˈpɔs.koː], [ˈpɔs.ko]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *porskō (“to ask for; request; demand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥(ḱ)sḱéti (“to keep asking; to question”), from *preḱ- (“to ask; to ask for”) + *-sḱéti (“imperfective suffix”). Latin -ēscō (inchoative suffix) derives from this ending.
Cognates include Latin prex (“prayer”), procus (“suitor”), Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛccháti), Old Armenian հարց (harcʻ), Old Church Slavonic просити (prositi), German forschen, and Old English friġnan (whence English frain).
- conjugation-3, no-supineto beg, to demand, to request, to desire
“Poscor aliquid.” — Something is asked of me.
“Poscor meum Laelapa.” — They demand of me my Laelaps.
- conjugation-3, no-supineto demand for punishment, to ask the surrender of
- conjugation-3, no-supineto call someone
“Ego poscor Olympo!” — It is I that Olympus summons!
“Ad te confugio et supplex tua numina posco.” — To you I have recourse and, as a suppliant, I call on your divine power.
“Argentariis male credi qui aiunt, nugas praedicant: nam et bene et male credi dico; id adeo ego hodie expertus sum. Non male creditur qui numquam reddunt, sed prorsum perit. Vel ille, decem minas dum ”
- conjugation-3, no-supineto ask in marriage, to demand one's hand
“Filiam tuam mihi uxorem posco.” — I demand your daughter's hand in marriage.
Formaeposcō(canonical) · poscere(infinitive, present) · poposcī(active, perfect) · poscō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · poscis(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · poscit(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · poscimus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · poscitis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · poscunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · poscēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · poscēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · poscēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · poscēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · poscēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · poscēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · poscam(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · poscēs(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · poscet(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · poscēmus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural) · poscētis(active, future, indicative, plural, second-person)
Fons: Vicitionarium