defetiscor

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Latin

Etymology

Superficially from dē- +‎ fatīscō (to split open, tire), but de Vaan posits that dēfetīscor came first as a direct formation dē- +‎ *fatis (exhaustion) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

dēfetīscor (present infinitive dēfetīscī, perfect active dēfessus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. (intransitive) to become tired, grow weary, be exhausted

Conjugation

References

  • defetiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • defetiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers