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Latin
Etymology
From marceō (“I wither”) + -scō.
Pronunciation
Verb
marcēscō (present infinitive marcēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- to begin to wither, pine away; to grow feeble
- to pine or languish
Conjugation
- The perfect marcuī is attested post-Classically.
Related terms
References
- “marcesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “marcesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- marcesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.