madesco

Latin

Etymology

From madeō (“I am wet”) +‎ -scō (“become”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maˈdeːs.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [maˈd̪ɛs.ko]

Verb

madēscō (present infinitive madēscere, perfect active maduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

to become wet, moist
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.197–198:
  Postera lūx Hyadas, Taurīnae cornua frontis,
  ēvocat, et multā terra madēscit aquā.
  The next [day], the starlight of the Hyades – the horns of the brow of Taurus – is summoned, and with much rain the earth is moistened.
  (The Hyades (mythology) were bringers of rain; see also: Hyades (star cluster); Taurus (constellation).)

Conjugation

Conjugation of madēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	madēscō		madēscis		madēscit		madēscimus		madēscitis		madēscunt
	imperfect	madēscēbam		madēscēbās		madēscēbat		madēscēbāmus		madēscēbātis		madēscēbant
	future	madēscam		madēscēs		madēscet		madēscēmus		madēscētis		madēscent
	perfect	maduī		maduistī		maduit		maduimus		maduistis		maduērunt, maduēre
	pluperfect	madueram		maduerās		maduerat		maduerāmus		maduerātis		maduerant
	future perfect	maduerō		madueris		maduerit		maduerimus		madueritis		maduerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	madēscam		madēscās		madēscat		madēscāmus		madēscātis		madēscant
	imperfect	madēscerem		madēscerēs		madēsceret		madēscerēmus		madēscerētis		madēscerent
	perfect	maduerim		maduerīs		maduerit		maduerīmus		maduerītis		maduerint
	pluperfect	maduissem		maduissēs		maduisset		maduissēmus		maduissētis		maduissent
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		madēsce		—		—		madēscite		—
active	future	—		madēscitō		madēscitō		—		madēscitōte		madēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		madēscere			—			madēscēns			—
perfect		maduisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		madēscendī		madēscendō		madēscendum		madēscendō		—		—

Derived terms

References

“madesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“madesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
madesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.