obsolesco
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔp.sɔˈɫeːs.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ob.soˈlɛs.ko]
Verb
obsolēscō (present infinitive obsolēscere, perfect active obsolēvī, supine obsolētum); third conjugation, no passive
Conjugation
- The form obsolētus exists in active meaning (as with other intransitive verbs).
Conjugation of obsolēscō (third conjugation, no passive)
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: obsolesce
References
- “obsolesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsolesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsolesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a thing is going out of use, becoming obsolete: res obsolescit
- a thing is going out of use, becoming obsolete: res obsolescit
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “obsolesce”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.