illucesco
Latin
Alternative forms
- inlūcēscō
Etymology
From in- + lūcēscō (“begin to shine”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /il.luːˈkeːs.koː/, [ɪl.luːˈkeːs.koː]
Verb
illūcēscō (present infinitive illūcēscere, perfect active illuxī); third conjugation, no passive
- I begin to dawn
Inflection
- The third principal part is shared with illūceō.
| Conjugation of illucesco (third conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | illūcēscō | illūcēscis | illūcēscit | illūcēscimus | illūcēscitis | illūcēscunt |
| imperfect | illūcēscēbam | illūcēscēbās | illūcēscēbat | illūcēscēbāmus | illūcēscēbātis | illūcēscēbant | |
| future | illūcēscam | illūcēscēs | illūcēscet | illūcēscēmus | illūcēscētis | illūcēscent | |
| perfect | illuxī | illuxistī | illuxit | illuximus | illuxistis | illuxērunt, illuxēre | |
| pluperfect | illuxeram | illuxerās | illuxerat | illuxerāmus | illuxerātis | illuxerant | |
| future perfect | illuxerō | illuxeris | illuxerit | illuxerimus | illuxeritis | illuxerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | illūcēscam | illūcēscās | illūcēscat | illūcēscāmus | illūcēscātis | illūcēscant |
| imperfect | illūcēscerem | illūcēscerēs | illūcēsceret | illūcēscerēmus | illūcēscerētis | illūcēscerent | |
| perfect | illuxerim | illuxerīs | illuxerit | illuxerimus | illuxeritis | illuxerint | |
| pluperfect | illuxissem | illuxissēs | illuxisset | illuxissēmus | illuxissētis | illuxissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | illūcēsce | — | — | illūcēscite | — |
| future | — | illūcēscitō | illūcēscitō | — | illūcēscitōte | illūcēscuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | illūcēscere | illuxisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | illūcēscēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| illūcēscere | illūcēscendī | illūcēscendō | illūcēscendum | — | — | ||
Related terms
- illūceō
- lūceō
- lūcēscō
References
- illucesco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- illucesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette