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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + senēscō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēsenēscō (present infinitive dēsenēscere, perfect active dēsenuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to diminish with age, die away
Usage notes
- Per Gaffiot, only the perfect forms are in regular use.
Conjugation
References
- “desenesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- desenesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.