lanceo

See also: lanceó

Latin

Alternative forms

• lanciō (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

lancea (“short javelin”, “light spear”, “lance”) +‎ -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫaŋ.ke.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlan̠ʲ.t͡ʃe.o]

Verb

lanceō (present infinitive lanceāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

1. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin, intransitive) to wield or handle a lance
2. (Medieval Latin, transitive, construed with accusative of object) to launch or shoot (especially something akin to a javelin or spear)
3. (Medieval Latin, transitive, construed with accusative of person) to pierce (someone) through with a pike, sword, dagger, vel sim.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of lanceō (first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	lanceō		lanceās		lanceat		lanceāmus		lanceātis		lanceant
	imperfect	lanceābam		lanceābās		lanceābat		lanceābāmus		lanceābātis		lanceābant
	future	lanceābō		lanceābis		lanceābit		lanceābimus		lanceābitis		lanceābunt
passive	present	lanceor		lanceāris, lanceāre		lanceātur		lanceāmur		lanceāminī		lanceantur
	imperfect	lanceābar		lanceābāris, lanceābāre		lanceābātur		lanceābāmur		lanceābāminī		lanceābantur
	future	lanceābor		lanceāberis, lanceābere		lanceābitur		lanceābimur		lanceābiminī		lanceābuntur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	lanceem		lanceēs		lanceet		lanceēmus		lanceētis		lanceent
	imperfect	lanceārem		lanceārēs		lanceāret		lanceārēmus		lanceārētis		lanceārent
passive	present	lanceer		lanceēris, lanceēre		lanceētur		lanceēmur		lanceēminī		lanceentur
	imperfect	lanceārer		lanceārēris, lanceārēre		lanceārētur		lanceārēmur		lanceārēminī		lanceārentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		lanceā		—		—		lanceāte		—
	future	—		lanceātō		lanceātō		—		lanceātōte		lanceantō
passive	present	—		lanceāre		—		—		lanceāminī		—
	future	—		lanceātor		lanceātor		—		—		lanceantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		lanceāre			lanceārī			lanceāns			—
future		—			—			—			lanceandus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		lanceandī		lanceandō		lanceandum		lanceandō		—		—

Synonyms

• (I launch, shoot): mittō (Classical)

Related terms

• lanceārius
• lanceola

Descendants

• Friulian: slançâ (with s-)
• Italian: lanciare
• Old French: lancier
  • French: lancer (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Old Northern French: lanchier
    • → Middle English: launchen
      • English: launch
    • Norman: lanchi
• Old Occitan:
  • Occitan: lançar
  • Catalan: llançar
• Piedmontese: lansé
• Sicilian: lanzari
• Venetan: lansar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: llanzar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: lançar
    • Galician: lanzar
    • Portuguese: lançar (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: lançar
    • Spanish: lanzar
• Borrowings:
  • → Portuguese: lancear
  • → Spanish: lancear

References

• “lancĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "1. Lanceare", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• "2. Lanceare", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• "3. Lanceare, Lanciare", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “lancĕo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 885/2.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “lanceare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 580/1

Spanish

Verb

lanceo

1. first-person singular present indicative of lancear