-esso

See also: esso and Esso

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Identical in form to the archaic future perfects in -āssō, -āssere, etc., attested contemporary with Ennius, viz. amāssis, levāssō, impetrāssere, and iūdicāssit, respectively of amō, levō, impetrō, and iūdicō.[1][2] Origin cited as not fully explained. Perhaps connected with a kind of prolepsis invoking a counterfactual use of aspect for emphasis.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-essō (present infinitive -essere, perfect active -essīvī or -essiī or -essī, supine -essītum); third conjugation

  1. Forms a small number of intensive verbs from verbs.
    petessō (I strive eagerly), from the verb petō (I aim, seek).
    facessō (I do eagerly; I depart), from the verb faciō (I do, make)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -esso

References