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Theme for this month: Inchoative verbs

nanciscor, nancisci, nactus or nanctus sum

Definition: to gain possession of, acquire, get; obtain; to arrive at; find

Sententia: To continue in the vein of the children's book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie:

Si Iulia mala salutemque nactus est, ire foris et ludere voles.

If Julia has obtained apples and health, she will want to go outside and to play.

"Nanciscor," though a near synonym of apiscor," is indeed more common, though not found in Vergil at all. It is etymologially formed from "nancio," a very uncommon verb meaning "to gain," +"-sco."