convalesco

See also: convalesço

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From con- (intensive prefix) +‎ valēscō (“I become strong”), from valeō (“I am strong”) +‎ -scō (suffix forming inchoative verbs).

Pronunciation

Verb

convalēscō (present infinitive convalēscere, perfect active convaluī, supine convalitum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. to recover (from an illness)
  2. to gain strength
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.3:
      Nōn convalēscit planta quae saepe trānsfertur.
      A plant which is often transplanted does not grow strong.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of convalēscō (third conjugation, no passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present convalēscō convalēscis convalēscit convalēscimus convalēscitis convalēscunt
imperfect convalēscēbam convalēscēbās convalēscēbat convalēscēbāmus convalēscēbātis convalēscēbant
future convalēscam convalēscēs convalēscet convalēscēmus convalēscētis convalēscent
perfect convaluī convaluistī convaluit convaluimus convaluistis convaluērunt,
convaluēre
pluperfect convalueram convaluerās convaluerat convaluerāmus convaluerātis convaluerant
future perfect convaluerō convalueris convaluerit convaluerimus convalueritis convaluerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present convalēscam convalēscās convalēscat convalēscāmus convalēscātis convalēscant
imperfect convalēscerem convalēscerēs convalēsceret convalēscerēmus convalēscerētis convalēscerent
perfect convaluerim convaluerīs convaluerit convaluerīmus convaluerītis convaluerint
pluperfect convaluissem convaluissēs convaluisset convaluissēmus convaluissētis convaluissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — convalēsce — — convalēscite —
future — convalēscitō convalēscitō — convalēscitōte convalēscuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present convalēscere — convalēscēns —
future convalitūrum esse — convalitūrus —
perfect convaluisse — — —
perfect potential convalitūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
convalēscendī convalēscendō convalēscendum convalēscendō convalitum convalitū

The supine stem (in the form of the future active participle convalitūrus) is only attested in Medieval Latin.

Descendants

  • → English: convalesce
  • Galician: convalecer
  • Italian: convalescenza
  • Occitan: convalescencia
  • Portuguese: convalescer
  • Spanish: convalecer

References

  • “convalesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “convalesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • convalesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to recover from a disease: ex morbo convalescere (not reconvalescere)
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