canesco

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Latin

Etymology

From cāneō (“I am white”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

cānēscō (present infinitive cānēscere, perfect active cānuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to whiten, become white
  2. to become grey or hoary
  3. (figuratively) to grow old

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cānēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cānēscō cānēscis cānēscit cānēscimus cānēscitis cānēscunt
imperfect cānēscēbam cānēscēbās cānēscēbat cānēscēbāmus cānēscēbātis cānēscēbant
future cānēscam cānēscēs cānēscet cānēscēmus cānēscētis cānēscent
perfect cānuī cānuistī cānuit cānuimus cānuistis cānuērunt,
cānuēre
pluperfect cānueram cānuerās cānuerat cānuerāmus cānuerātis cānuerant
future perfect cānuerō cānueris cānuerit cānuerimus cānueritis cānuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cānēscam cānēscās cānēscat cānēscāmus cānēscātis cānēscant
imperfect cānēscerem cānēscerēs cānēsceret cānēscerēmus cānēscerētis cānēscerent
perfect cānuerim cānuerīs cānuerit cānuerīmus cānuerītis cānuerint
pluperfect cānuissem cānuissēs cānuisset cānuissēmus cānuissētis cānuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cānēsce — — cānēscite —
future — cānēscitō cānēscitō — cānēscitōte cānēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cānēscere cānuisse — — — —
participles cānēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cānēscendī cānēscendō cānēscendum cānēscendō — —

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Descendants

  • Asturian: canecer
  • French: chancir
  • Spanish: canecer

References

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