fetesco

Latin

Alternative forms

  • foetēscō

Etymology

From fēteō +‎ -scō.

Verb

fētēscō (present infinitive fētēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to start to stink
    • c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 10.3.1:
      Quam inde recentem dīcimus quia nōn est ūtilis vetusta, ut vīnum, sed statim sublāta dē flūmine et fonte vel puteō; fētēscit enim vetusta.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

References

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