cornesco
Latin
Etymology
From cornū (“horn”) + -ēscō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /korˈneːs.koː/
Verb
cornēscō (defective conjugation)
- I become like horn; I turn to horn.
Inflection
- This verb is defective, with only those forms based on the first principal part.
| Conjugation of cornesco (third conjugation, defective) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cornēscō | cornēscis | cornēscit | cornēscimus | cornēscitis | cornēscunt |
| imperfect | cornēscēbam | cornēscēbās | cornēscēbat | cornēscēbāmus | cornēscēbātis | cornēscēbant | |
| future | cornēscam | cornēscēs | cornēscet | cornēscēmus | cornēscētis | cornēscent | |
| passive | present | cornēscor | cornēsceris, cornēscere | cornēscitur | cornēscimur | cornēsciminī | cornēscuntur |
| imperfect | cornēscēbar | cornēscēbāris, cornēscēbāre | cornēscēbātur | cornēscēbāmur | cornēscēbāminī | cornēscēbantur | |
| future | cornēscar | cornēscēris, cornēscēre | cornēscētur | cornēscēmur | cornēscēminī | cornēscentur | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cornēscam | cornēscās | cornēscat | cornēscāmus | cornēscātis | cornēscant |
| imperfect | cornēscerem | cornēscerēs | cornēsceret | cornēscerēmus | cornēscerētis | cornēscerent | |
| passive | present | cornēscar | cornēscāris, cornēscāre | cornēscātur | cornēscāmur | cornēscāminī | cornēscantur |
| imperfect | cornēscerer | cornēscerēris, cornēscerēre | cornēscerētur | cornēscerēmur | cornēscerēminī | cornēscerentur | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | cornēsce | — | — | cornēscite | — |
| future | — | cornēscitō | cornēscitō | — | cornēscitōte | cornēscuntō | |
| passive | present | — | cornēscere | — | — | cornēsciminī | — |
| future | — | cornēscitor | cornēscitor | — | — | cornēscuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | cornēscere | — | — | cornēscī | — | — | |
| participles | cornēscēns | — | — | — | — | cornēscendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| cornēscere | cornēscendī | cornēscendō | cornēscendum | — | — | ||
Related terms
- corneolus
- corneus
- cornicen
- corniculāns
- corniculātus
- corniculum
- cornifer
- corniger
- cornipēs
- cornū
- cornuālis
- cornuārius
- cornuātus
- cornūcōpia
- cornulum
- cornupeta
- cornūtus
- ūnicornis
References
- cornesco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cornesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette