liquesco

Latin

Etymology

From liqueō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [lɪˈkʷeːs.koː]

Verb

liquēscō (present infinitive liquēscere, perfect active licuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to melt, liquefy
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 8.445:
      Fluit aes riuis aurique metallum, uulnificusque chalybs uasta fornace liquescit.
      Bronze and golden ore flowed in streams, and steel, that deals wounds, melted in a vast furnace.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of liquēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present liquēscō liquēscis liquēscit liquēscimus liquēscitis liquēscunt
imperfect liquēscēbam liquēscēbās liquēscēbat liquēscēbāmus liquēscēbātis liquēscēbant
future liquēscam liquēscēs liquēscet liquēscēmus liquēscētis liquēscent
perfect licuī licuistī licuit licuimus licuistis licuērunt,
licuēre
pluperfect licueram licuerās licuerat licuerāmus licuerātis licuerant
future perfect licuerō licueris licuerit licuerimus licueritis licuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present liquēscam liquēscās liquēscat liquēscāmus liquēscātis liquēscant
imperfect liquēscerem liquēscerēs liquēsceret liquēscerēmus liquēscerētis liquēscerent
perfect licuerim licuerīs licuerit licuerīmus licuerītis licuerint
pluperfect licuissem licuissēs licuisset licuissēmus licuissētis licuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — liquēsce — — liquēscite —
future — liquēscitō liquēscitō — liquēscitōte liquēscuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present liquēscere — liquēscēns —
perfect licuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
liquēscendī liquēscendō liquēscendum liquēscendō — —

References

  • “liquesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “liquesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • liquesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • liquesco in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968
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