supplico

See also: supplicò

Italian

Verb

supplico

1. first-person singular present indicative of supplicare

Latin

Etymology

From sub- (“under, at the feet of, before”) +‎ plicō (“fold, bend, roll up”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsup.pli.koː/, [ˈs̠ʊpːlʲɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsup.pli.ko/, [ˈsupːliko]

Verb

supplicō (present infinitive supplicāre, perfect active supplicāvī, supine supplicātum); first conjugation

1. to pray or supplicate

   Synonyms: ōrō, obsecrō, expetō, efflāgitō, flāgitō, rogō

2. to humbly beseech or beg

Conjugation

Conjugation of supplicō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	supplicō	supplicās	supplicat	supplicāmus	supplicātis	supplicant
	imperfect	supplicābam	supplicābās	supplicābat	supplicābāmus	supplicābātis	supplicābant
	future	supplicābō	supplicābis	supplicābit	supplicābimus	supplicābitis	supplicābunt
	perfect	supplicāvī	supplicāvistī	supplicāvit	supplicāvimus	supplicāvistis	supplicāvērunt, supplicāvēre
	pluperfect	supplicāveram	supplicāverās	supplicāverat	supplicāverāmus	supplicāverātis	supplicāverant
	future perfect	supplicāverō	supplicāveris	supplicāverit	supplicāverimus	supplicāveritis	supplicāverint
	sigmatic future1	supplicāssō	supplicāssis	supplicāssit	supplicāssimus	supplicāssitis	supplicāssint
passive	present	supplicor	supplicāris, supplicāre	supplicātur	supplicāmur	supplicāminī	supplicantur
	imperfect	supplicābar	supplicābāris, supplicābāre	supplicābātur	supplicābāmur	supplicābāminī	supplicābantur
	future	supplicābor	supplicāberis, supplicābere	supplicābitur	supplicābimur	supplicābiminī	supplicābuntur
	perfect	supplicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	supplicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	supplicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	supplicem	supplicēs	supplicet	supplicēmus	supplicētis	supplicent
	imperfect	supplicārem	supplicārēs	supplicāret	supplicārēmus	supplicārētis	supplicārent
	perfect	supplicāverim	supplicāverīs	supplicāverit	supplicāverīmus	supplicāverītis	supplicāverint
	pluperfect	supplicāvissem	supplicāvissēs	supplicāvisset	supplicāvissēmus	supplicāvissētis	supplicāvissent
	sigmatic aorist1	supplicāssim	supplicāssīs	supplicāssīt	supplicāssīmus	supplicāssītis	supplicāssint
passive	present	supplicer	supplicēris, supplicēre	supplicētur	supplicēmur	supplicēminī	supplicentur
	imperfect	supplicārer	supplicārēris, supplicārēre	supplicārētur	supplicārēmur	supplicārēminī	supplicārentur
	perfect	supplicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	supplicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	supplicā	—	—	supplicāte	—
	future	—	supplicātō	supplicātō	—	supplicātōte	supplicantō
passive	present	—	supplicāre	—	—	supplicāminī	—
	future	—	supplicātor	supplicātor	—	—	supplicantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		supplicāre	supplicāvisse	supplicātūrum esse	supplicārī	supplicātum esse	supplicātum īrī
participles		supplicāns	—	supplicātūrus	—	supplicātus	supplicandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		supplicandī	supplicandō	supplicandum	supplicandō	supplicātum	supplicātū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

• supplicātiō

Descendants

• Old French: soplier, sopleier, soploier
  • French: supplier (relatinized)
  • → Middle English: supplien
    • English: supply
• Old Italian: soppiegare
• Old Occitan: soplegar, soplear
  • → Old Catalan: soplegar
• Romanian: sufleca (possibly)
• → Catalan: suplicar
• → English: supplicate
• → Italian: supplicare
• → Occitan: suplicar
• → Piedmontese: supliché
• → Portuguese: suplicar
• → Romanian: suplica
• → Sicilian: suppricari
• → Spanish: suplicar

References

• “supplico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “supplico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• supplico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to pray to God: supplicare deo (Sall. Iug. 63. 1)
    
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “supplicare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 448