hisco
Latin
Etymology
From hiō (“yawn, gape”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhiːs.koː/
Verb
hīscō (defective conjugation)
- (intransitive) I yawn, gape, open.
- (intransitive) I open the mouth, mutter, murmur.
- (transitive) I speak, utter.
Inflection
- This verb is defective, with only those forms based on the first principal part.
| Conjugation of hisco (third conjugation, defective) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | hīscō | hīscis | hīscit | hīscimus | hīscitis | hīscunt |
| imperfect | hīscēbam | hīscēbās | hīscēbat | hīscēbāmus | hīscēbātis | hīscēbant | |
| future | hīscam | hīscēs | hīscet | hīscēmus | hīscētis | hīscent | |
| passive | present | hīscor | hīsceris, hīscere | hīscitur | hīscimur | hīsciminī | hīscuntur |
| imperfect | hīscēbar | hīscēbāris, hīscēbāre | hīscēbātur | hīscēbāmur | hīscēbāminī | hīscēbantur | |
| future | hīscar | hīscēris, hīscēre | hīscētur | hīscēmur | hīscēminī | hīscentur | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | hīscam | hīscās | hīscat | hīscāmus | hīscātis | hīscant |
| imperfect | hīscerem | hīscerēs | hīsceret | hīscerēmus | hīscerētis | hīscerent | |
| passive | present | hīscar | hīscāris, hīscāre | hīscātur | hīscāmur | hīscāminī | hīscantur |
| imperfect | hīscerer | hīscerēris, hīscerēre | hīscerētur | hīscerēmur | hīscerēminī | hīscerentur | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | hīsce | — | — | hīscite | — |
| future | — | hīscitō | hīscitō | — | hīscitōte | hīscuntō | |
| passive | present | — | hīscere | — | — | hīsciminī | — |
| future | — | hīscitor | hīscitor | — | — | hīscuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | hīscere | — | — | hīscī | — | — | |
| participles | hīscēns | — | — | — | — | hīscendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| hīscere | hīscendī | hīscendō | hīscendum | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- circumhīscō
- dehīscō
References
- hisco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hisco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette