macesco

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Latin

Etymology

From maceō (“I am lean, meagre”) +‎ -scō.

Verb

macēscō (present infinitive macēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to become thin, lean
  2. to become meagre
  3. to wither (of plants)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of macēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present macēscō macēscis macēscit macēscimus macēscitis macēscunt
imperfect macēscēbam macēscēbās macēscēbat macēscēbāmus macēscēbātis macēscēbant
future macēscam macēscēs macēscet macēscēmus macēscētis macēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present macēscam macēscās macēscat macēscāmus macēscātis macēscant
imperfect macēscerem macēscerēs macēsceret macēscerēmus macēscerētis macēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — macēsce — — macēscite —
future — macēscitō macēscitō — macēscitōte macēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives macēscere — — — — —
participles macēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
macēscendī macēscendō macēscendum macēscendō — —

References

  • “macesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • macesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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