nitesco
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɪˈteːs.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [niˈt̪ɛs.ko]
Verb
nitēscō (present infinitive nitēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
- (intransitive) to (begin to) shine, glitter
- (intransitive) to thrive, flourish, be in fine condition
- (intransitive, figurative) to become illustrious or celebrated
Conjugation
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | nitēscō | nitēscis | nitēscit | nitēscimus | nitēscitis | nitēscunt | ||||||
| imperfect | nitēscēbam | nitēscēbās | nitēscēbat | nitēscēbāmus | nitēscēbātis | nitēscēbant | |||||||
| future | nitēscam | nitēscēs | nitēscet | nitēscēmus | nitēscētis | nitēscent | |||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | nitēscam | nitēscās | nitēscat | nitēscāmus | nitēscātis | nitēscant | ||||||
| imperfect | nitēscerem | nitēscerēs | nitēsceret | nitēscerēmus | nitēscerētis | nitēscerent | |||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | nitēsce | — | — | nitēscite | — | ||||||
| future | — | nitēscitō | nitēscitō | — | nitēscitōte | nitēscuntō | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | nitēscere | — | nitēscēns | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| nitēscendī | nitēscendō | nitēscendum | nitēscendō | — | — | ||||||||
References
- “nitesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nitesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nitesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.