senesco
Latin
Etymology
From seneō (“I am old”) + -scō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /seˈneːs.koː/, [s̠ɛˈneːs̠koː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈnes.ko/, [seˈnɛsko]
Verb
senēscō (present infinitive senēscere, perfect active senuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I become aged, grow old, age.
- (by extension) I decay or diminish in strength, grow weak, weaken; waste away, wane, decline, dwindle.
- Synonyms: cadō, concidō, ēlanguēscō, languēscō, prōlābor, dēgenerō, dēsīdō
- Antonym: valeō
- (figuratively, of an occupation) I grow old or gray in an occupation (i. e. linger too long.)
- I waste away, fall off, wane, decline
- Synonyms: dēgenerō, dēsīdō, cadō, inclīnō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of senēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | senēscō | senēscis | senēscit | senēscimus | senēscitis | senēscunt |
| imperfect | senēscēbam | senēscēbās | senēscēbat | senēscēbāmus | senēscēbātis | senēscēbant | |
| future | senēscam | senēscēs | senēscet | senēscēmus | senēscētis | senēscent | |
| perfect | senuī | senuistī | senuit | senuimus | senuistis | senuērunt, senuēre | |
| pluperfect | senueram | senuerās | senuerat | senuerāmus | senuerātis | senuerant | |
| future perfect | senuerō | senueris | senuerit | senuerimus | senueritis | senuerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | senēscam | senēscās | senēscat | senēscāmus | senēscātis | senēscant |
| imperfect | senēscerem | senēscerēs | senēsceret | senēscerēmus | senēscerētis | senēscerent | |
| perfect | senuerim | senuerīs | senuerit | senuerīmus | senuerītis | senuerint | |
| pluperfect | senuissem | senuissēs | senuisset | senuissēmus | senuissētis | senuissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | senēsce | — | — | senēscite | — |
| future | — | senēscitō | senēscitō | — | senēscitōte | senēscuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | senēscere | senuisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | senēscēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| senēscendī | senēscendō | senēscendum | senēscendō | — | — | ||
Derived terms
Derived terms
- assenēscō
- cōnsenēscō
- dēsenēscō
- īnsenēscō
Related terms
- senātor
- senātōrius
- senātrīx
- senātus
- senectus
- seneō
- senex
References
- “senesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “senesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- senesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit
- the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit