desenesco

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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

  1. to diminish with age, die away

Usage notes

  • Per Gaffiot, only the perfect forms are in regular use.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēsenēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēsenēscō dēsenēscis dēsenēscit dēsenēscimus dēsenēscitis dēsenēscunt
imperfect dēsenēscēbam dēsenēscēbās dēsenēscēbat dēsenēscēbāmus dēsenēscēbātis dēsenēscēbant
future dēsenēscam dēsenēscēs dēsenēscet dēsenēscēmus dēsenēscētis dēsenēscent
perfect dēsenuī dēsenuistī dēsenuit dēsenuimus dēsenuistis dēsenuērunt,
dēsenuēre
pluperfect dēsenueram dēsenuerās dēsenuerat dēsenuerāmus dēsenuerātis dēsenuerant
future perfect dēsenuerō dēsenueris dēsenuerit dēsenuerimus dēsenueritis dēsenuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēsenēscam dēsenēscās dēsenēscat dēsenēscāmus dēsenēscātis dēsenēscant
imperfect dēsenēscerem dēsenēscerēs dēsenēsceret dēsenēscerēmus dēsenēscerētis dēsenēscerent
perfect dēsenuerim dēsenuerīs dēsenuerit dēsenuerīmus dēsenuerītis dēsenuerint
pluperfect dēsenuissem dēsenuissēs dēsenuisset dēsenuissēmus dēsenuissētis dēsenuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēsenēsce dēsenēscite
future dēsenēscitō dēsenēscitō dēsenēscitōte dēsenēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēsenēscere dēsenuisse
participles dēsenēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēsenēscendī dēsenēscendō dēsenēscendum dēsenēscendō

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.