provinco

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French province, English province, German Provinz, Polish prowincja, Russian прови́нция (províncija), Spanish provincia, Italian provìncia, Catalan província, Portuguese província; all from Latin prōvincia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈvint͡so/

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• Rhymes: -int͡so
• Syllabification: pro‧vin‧co
• Hyphenation: provinc‧o

Noun

provinco (accusative singular provincon, plural provincoj, accusative plural provincojn)

2. province (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level)

Latin

Etymology

From prō- + vincō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːˈwɪŋ.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈviŋ.ko]
• Hyphenation: prō‧vin‧cō

Verb

prōvincō (present infinitive prōvincere, perfect active prōvīcī, supine prōvictum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to conquer before
   • c. 2nd century, Sextus Pompeius Festus, De verborum significatione 226, (quoting Julius Paulus):

     Prōvinciæ appellantur, quod pŏpulus Rōmānus eās prōvīcit, id est ante vīcit.

     Provinces are so called, because the Roman people “provict” them, that is conquered them before.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōvincō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōvincō		prōvincis		prōvincit		prōvincimus		prōvincitis		prōvincunt
	imperfect	prōvincēbam		prōvincēbās		prōvincēbat		prōvincēbāmus		prōvincēbātis		prōvincēbant
	future	prōvincam		prōvincēs		prōvincet		prōvincēmus		prōvincētis		prōvincent
	perfect	prōvīcī		prōvīcistī		prōvīcit		prōvīcimus		prōvīcistis		prōvīcērunt, prōvīcēre
	pluperfect	prōvīceram		prōvīcerās		prōvīcerat		prōvīcerāmus		prōvīcerātis		prōvīcerant
	future perfect	prōvīcerō		prōvīceris		prōvīcerit		prōvīcerimus		prōvīceritis		prōvīcerint
passive	present	prōvincor		prōvinceris, prōvincere		prōvincitur		prōvincimur		prōvinciminī		prōvincuntur
	imperfect	prōvincēbar		prōvincēbāris, prōvincēbāre		prōvincēbātur		prōvincēbāmur		prōvincēbāminī		prōvincēbantur
	future	prōvincar		prōvincēris, prōvincēre		prōvincētur		prōvincēmur		prōvincēminī		prōvincentur
	perfect	prōvictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōvictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōvictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōvincam		prōvincās		prōvincat		prōvincāmus		prōvincātis		prōvincant
	imperfect	prōvincerem		prōvincerēs		prōvinceret		prōvincerēmus		prōvincerētis		prōvincerent
	perfect	prōvīcerim		prōvīcerīs		prōvīcerit		prōvīcerīmus		prōvīcerītis		prōvīcerint
	pluperfect	prōvīcissem		prōvīcissēs		prōvīcisset		prōvīcissēmus		prōvīcissētis		prōvīcissent
passive	present	prōvincar		prōvincāris, prōvincāre		prōvincātur		prōvincāmur		prōvincāminī		prōvincantur
	imperfect	prōvincerer		prōvincerēris, prōvincerēre		prōvincerētur		prōvincerēmur		prōvincerēminī		prōvincerentur
	perfect	prōvictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōvictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prōvince		—		—		prōvincite		—
	future	—		prōvincitō		prōvincitō		—		prōvincitōte		prōvincuntō
passive	present	—		prōvincere		—		—		prōvinciminī		—
	future	—		prōvincitor		prōvincitor		—		—		prōvincuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōvincere			prōvincī			prōvincēns			—
future		prōvictūrum esse			prōvictum īrī			prōvictūrus			prōvincendus, prōvincundus
perfect		prōvīcisse			prōvictum esse			—			prōvictus
future perfect		—			prōvictum fore			—			—
perfect potential		prōvictūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prōvincendī		prōvincendō		prōvincendum		prōvincendō		prōvictum		prōvictū

Further reading

• “prō-vinco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “provinco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1268.