languesco

Latin

Etymology

From langueō (“I am weak”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

languēscō (present infinitive languēscere, perfect active langüī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to become faint, weak, languid or sick
    Synonyms: aegrōtō, iaceō, cubō, cadō, concidō, senēscō, ēlanguēscō, dēgenerō, dēsīdō
    Antonym: valeō
  2. to wilt

Conjugation

   Conjugation of languēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present languēscō languēscis languēscit languēscimus languēscitis languēscunt
imperfect languēscēbam languēscēbās languēscēbat languēscēbāmus languēscēbātis languēscēbant
future languēscam languēscēs languēscet languēscēmus languēscētis languēscent
perfect langüī langüistī langüit langüimus langüistis langüērunt,
langüēre
pluperfect langüeram langüerās langüerat langüerāmus langüerātis langüerant
future perfect langüerō langüeris langüerit langüerimus langüeritis langüerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present languēscam languēscās languēscat languēscāmus languēscātis languēscant
imperfect languēscerem languēscerēs languēsceret languēscerēmus languēscerētis languēscerent
perfect langüerim langüerīs langüerit langüerīmus langüerītis langüerint
pluperfect langüissem langüissēs langüisset langüissēmus langüissētis langüissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — languēsce — — languēscite —
future — languēscitō languēscitō — languēscitōte languēscuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present languēscere — languēscēns —
perfect langüisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
languēscendī languēscendō languēscendum languēscendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • >? Portuguese: languescer

References

  • “languesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “languesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • languesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate: (in) otio languere et hebescere
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