compesco
Latin
Alternative forms
- conpescō
Etymology
From con- + parcō (“to refrain from, forbear”) + -scō (“inchoative suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈpes.koː/, [kɔmˈpɛs̠koː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /komˈpes.ko/, [komˈpɛsko]
Verb
compescō (present infinitive compescere, perfect active compescuī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- I restrain or check
- I quench
- I curb
- I confine
- I block
Conjugation
- Priscian documents a supine compescitum.
| Conjugation of compescō (third conjugation, no supine stem) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | compescō | compescis | compescit | compescimus | compescitis | compescunt |
| imperfect | compescēbam | compescēbās | compescēbat | compescēbāmus | compescēbātis | compescēbant | |
| future | compescam | compescēs | compescet | compescēmus | compescētis | compescent | |
| perfect | compescuī | compescuistī | compescuit | compescuimus | compescuistis | compescuērunt, compescuēre | |
| pluperfect | compescueram | compescuerās | compescuerat | compescuerāmus | compescuerātis | compescuerant | |
| future perfect | compescuerō | compescueris | compescuerit | compescuerimus | compescueritis | compescuerint | |
| passive | present | compescor | compesceris, compescere | compescitur | compescimur | compesciminī | compescuntur |
| imperfect | compescēbar | compescēbāris, compescēbāre | compescēbātur | compescēbāmur | compescēbāminī | compescēbantur | |
| future | compescar | compescēris, compescēre | compescētur | compescēmur | compescēminī | compescentur | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | compescam | compescās | compescat | compescāmus | compescātis | compescant |
| imperfect | compescerem | compescerēs | compesceret | compescerēmus | compescerētis | compescerent | |
| perfect | compescuerim | compescuerīs | compescuerit | compescuerīmus | compescuerītis | compescuerint | |
| pluperfect | compescuissem | compescuissēs | compescuisset | compescuissēmus | compescuissētis | compescuissent | |
| passive | present | compescar | compescāris, compescāre | compescātur | compescāmur | compescāminī | compescantur |
| imperfect | compescerer | compescerēris, compescerēre | compescerētur | compescerēmur | compescerēminī | compescerentur | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | compesce | — | — | compescite | — |
| future | — | compescitō | compescitō | — | compescitōte | compescuntō | |
| passive | present | — | compescere | — | — | compesciminī | — |
| future | — | compescitor | compescitor | — | — | compescuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | compescere | compescuisse | — | compescī | — | — | |
| participles | compescēns | — | — | — | — | compescendus, compescundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| compescendī | compescendō | compescendum | compescendō | — | — | ||
References
- “compesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “compesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- compesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN