compesco

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From con- +‎ parcō (“to refrain from, forbear”) +‎ -scō (“inchoative suffix”).

Pronunciation

Verb

compescō (present infinitive compescere, perfect active compescuī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. to restrain or check
  2. to quench
  3. to curb
  4. to confine
  5. to block

Conjugation

   Conjugation of compescō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present compescō compescis compescit compescimus compescitis compescunt
imperfect compescēbam compescēbās compescēbat compescēbāmus compescēbātis compescēbant
future compescam compescēs compescet compescēmus compescētis compescent
perfect compescuī compescuistī compescuit compescuimus compescuistis compescuērunt,
compescuēre
pluperfect compescueram compescuerās compescuerat compescuerāmus compescuerātis compescuerant
future perfect compescuerō compescueris compescuerit compescuerimus compescueritis compescuerint
passive present compescor compesceris,
compescere 		compescitur compescimur compesciminī compescuntur
imperfect compescēbar compescēbāris,
compescēbāre 		compescēbātur compescēbāmur compescēbāminī compescēbantur
future compescar compescēris,
compescēre 		compescētur compescēmur compescēminī compescentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present compescam compescās compescat compescāmus compescātis compescant
imperfect compescerem compescerēs compesceret compescerēmus compescerētis compescerent
perfect compescuerim compescuerīs compescuerit compescuerīmus compescuerītis compescuerint
pluperfect compescuissem compescuissēs compescuisset compescuissēmus compescuissētis compescuissent
passive present compescar compescāris,
compescāre 		compescātur compescāmur compescāminī compescantur
imperfect compescerer compescerēris,
compescerēre 		compescerētur compescerēmur compescerēminī compescerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — compesce — — compescite —
future — compescitō compescitō — compescitōte compescuntō
passive present — compescere — — compesciminī —
future — compescitor compescitor — — compescuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives compescere compescuisse — compescī — —
participles compescēns — — — — compescendus,
compescundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
compescendī compescendō compescendum compescendō — —

References

  • “compesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “compesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • compesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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