madesco

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Latin

Etymology

From madeō (“I am wet”) +‎ -scō (“become”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈdeːs.koː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈdes.ko/,

Verb

madēscō (present infinitive madēscere, perfect active maduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

to become wet, moist
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.197–198:
  Postera lūx Hyadas, Taurīnae cornua frontis,
  ēvocat, et multā terra madēscit aquā.
  The next , the starlight of the Hyades – the horns of the brow of Taurus – is summoned, and with much rain the earth is moistened.
  (The Hyades (mythology) were bringers of rain; see also: Hyades (star cluster); Taurus (constellation).)

Conjugation

Conjugation of madēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	madēscō	madēscis	madēscit	madēscimus	madēscitis	madēscunt
	imperfect	madēscēbam	madēscēbās	madēscēbat	madēscēbāmus	madēscēbātis	madēscēbant
	future	madēscam	madēscēs	madēscet	madēscēmus	madēscētis	madēscent
	perfect	maduī	maduistī	maduit	maduimus	maduistis	maduērunt, maduēre
	pluperfect	madueram	maduerās	maduerat	maduerāmus	maduerātis	maduerant
	future perfect	maduerō	madueris	maduerit	maduerimus	madueritis	maduerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	madēscam	madēscās	madēscat	madēscāmus	madēscātis	madēscant
	imperfect	madēscerem	madēscerēs	madēsceret	madēscerēmus	madēscerētis	madēscerent
	perfect	maduerim	maduerīs	maduerit	maduerīmus	maduerītis	maduerint
	pluperfect	maduissem	maduissēs	maduisset	maduissēmus	maduissētis	maduissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	madēsce	—	—	madēscite	—
active	future	—	madēscitō	madēscitō	—	madēscitōte	madēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		madēscere	maduisse	—	—	—	—
participles		madēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		madēscendī	madēscendō	madēscendum	madēscendō	—	—

Derived terms

References

“madesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“madesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
madesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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