flaccesco

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From flacceō (“to be flabby, flaccid”) +‎ -scō, from flaccus (“flabby, flaccid”).

Pronunciation

Verb

flaccēscō (present infinitive flaccēscere, perfect active flaccuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to wilt or wither, droop or languish
  2. to (begin to) flag

Conjugation

   Conjugation of flaccēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present flaccēscō flaccēscis flaccēscit flaccēscimus flaccēscitis flaccēscunt
imperfect flaccēscēbam flaccēscēbās flaccēscēbat flaccēscēbāmus flaccēscēbātis flaccēscēbant
future flaccēscam flaccēscēs flaccēscet flaccēscēmus flaccēscētis flaccēscent
perfect flaccuī flaccuistī flaccuit flaccuimus flaccuistis flaccuērunt,
flaccuēre
pluperfect flaccueram flaccuerās flaccuerat flaccuerāmus flaccuerātis flaccuerant
future perfect flaccuerō flaccueris flaccuerit flaccuerimus flaccueritis flaccuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present flaccēscam flaccēscās flaccēscat flaccēscāmus flaccēscātis flaccēscant
imperfect flaccēscerem flaccēscerēs flaccēsceret flaccēscerēmus flaccēscerētis flaccēscerent
perfect flaccuerim flaccuerīs flaccuerit flaccuerīmus flaccuerītis flaccuerint
pluperfect flaccuissem flaccuissēs flaccuisset flaccuissēmus flaccuissētis flaccuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — flaccēsce — — flaccēscite —
future — flaccēscitō flaccēscitō — flaccēscitōte flaccēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives flaccēscere flaccuisse — — — —
participles flaccēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
flaccēscendī flaccēscendō flaccēscendum flaccēscendō — —

References

  • “flaccesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “flaccesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • flaccesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • flaccesco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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