calesco

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Latin

Etymology

From caleō +‎ -scō.

Verb

calēscō (present infinitive calēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to grow warm, warm up; be heated
  2. to become inflamed or inspired

Conjugation

   Conjugation of calēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active-only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calēscō calēscis calēscit calēscimus calēscitis calēscunt
imperfect calēscēbam calēscēbās calēscēbat calēscēbāmus calēscēbātis calēscēbant
future calēscam calēscēs calēscet calēscēmus calēscētis calēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calēscam calēscās calēscat calēscāmus calēscātis calēscant
imperfect calēscerem calēscerēs calēsceret calēscerēmus calēscerētis calēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — calēsce — — calēscite —
future — calēscitō calēscitō — calēscitōte calēscuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present calēscere — calēscēns —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
calēscendī calēscendō calēscendum calēscendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: calecer
  • Galician: quecer
  • Portuguese: aquecer

References

  • “calesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “calesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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