glisco

glisco

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin[1]; proposed derivations include:

• From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”). Cognate with Latin gilvus, helvus and Ancient Greek χλιάω (khliáō, “to be warm”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognates include Latin glaeba, glomus and English clump.

Verb

gliscō (defective conjugation)

1. I swell, spread, blaze up, increase

Inflection

Conjugation of glisco (third conjugation, defective)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gliscō	gliscis	gliscit	gliscimus	gliscitis	gliscunt
	imperfect	gliscēbam	gliscēbās	gliscēbat	gliscēbāmus	gliscēbātis	gliscēbant
	future	gliscam	gliscēs	gliscet	gliscēmus	gliscētis	gliscent
passive	present	gliscor	glisceris, gliscere	gliscitur	gliscimur	glisciminī	gliscuntur
	imperfect	gliscēbar	gliscēbāris, gliscēbāre	gliscēbātur	gliscēbāmur	gliscēbāminī	gliscēbantur
	future	gliscar	gliscēris, gliscēre	gliscētur	gliscēmur	gliscēminī	gliscentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gliscam	gliscās	gliscat	gliscāmus	gliscātis	gliscant
	imperfect	gliscerem	gliscerēs	glisceret	gliscerēmus	gliscerētis	gliscerent
passive	present	gliscar	gliscāris, gliscāre	gliscātur	gliscāmur	gliscāminī	gliscantur
	imperfect	gliscerer	gliscerēris, gliscerēre	gliscerētur	gliscerēmur	gliscerēminī	gliscerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	glisce	—	—	gliscite	—
	future	—	gliscitō	gliscitō	—	gliscitōte	gliscuntō
passive	present	—	gliscere	—	—	glisciminī	—
	future	—	gliscitor	gliscitor	—	—	gliscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		gliscere	—	—	gliscī	—	—
participles		gliscēns	—	—	—	—	gliscendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		gliscere	gliscendī	gliscendō	gliscendum	—	—

References

• glisco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• glisco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• glisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “glisco”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 607