languesco
Latin
Etymology
From langueō (“I am weak”) + -scō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lanˈɡʷeːs.koː/, [ɫ̪äŋˈɡʷeːs̠koː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lanˈɡwes.ko/, [läŋˈɡwɛsko]
Verb
languēscō (present infinitive languēscere, perfect active langŭī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I become faint, weak, languid or sick
- Synonyms: cadō, concidō, senēscō, ēlanguēscō, dēgenerō, dēsīdō
- Antonym: valeō
- I wilt
Conjugation
| Conjugation of languēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | languēscō | languēscis | languēscit | languēscimus | languēscitis | languēscunt |
| imperfect | languēscēbam | languēscēbās | languēscēbat | languēscēbāmus | languēscēbātis | languēscēbant | |
| future | languēscam | languēscēs | languēscet | languēscēmus | languēscētis | languēscent | |
| perfect | langŭī | langŭistī | langŭit | langŭimus | langŭistis | langŭērunt, langŭēre | |
| pluperfect | langŭeram | langŭerās | langŭerat | langŭerāmus | langŭerātis | langŭerant | |
| future perfect | langŭerō | langŭeris | langŭerit | langŭerimus | langŭeritis | langŭerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | languēscam | languēscās | languēscat | languēscāmus | languēscātis | languēscant |
| imperfect | languēscerem | languēscerēs | languēsceret | languēscerēmus | languēscerētis | languēscerent | |
| perfect | langŭerim | langŭerīs | langŭerit | langŭerīmus | langŭerītis | langŭerint | |
| pluperfect | langŭissem | langŭissēs | langŭisset | langŭissēmus | langŭissētis | langŭissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | languēsce | — | — | languēscite | — |
| future | — | languēscitō | languēscitō | — | languēscitōte | languēscuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | languēscere | langŭisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | languēscēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| languēscendī | languēscendō | languēscendum | languēscendō | — | — | ||
Related terms
- languefaciō
- languēns
- langueō
- languidē
- languidulus
- languidus
- languificus
- languor
- oblanguēscō
Descendants
- >? Portuguese: languescer
References
- “languesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “languesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- languesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate: (in) otio languere et hebescere
- (ambiguous) to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate: (in) otio languere et hebescere