canesco
Latin
Etymology
From cāneō (“I am white”) + -scō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaːˈneːs.koː/
Verb
cānēscō (present infinitive cānēscere, perfect active cānuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I whiten, become white.
- I become grey or hoary.
- (figuratively) I grow old.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of cānēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cānēscō | cānēscis | cānēscit | cānēscimus | cānēscitis | cānēscunt |
| imperfect | cānēscēbam | cānēscēbās | cānēscēbat | cānēscēbāmus | cānēscēbātis | cānēscēbant | |
| future | cānēscam | cānēscēs | cānēscet | cānēscēmus | cānēscētis | cānēscent | |
| perfect | cānuī | cānuistī | cānuit | cānuimus | cānuistis | cānuērunt, cānuēre | |
| pluperfect | cānueram | cānuerās | cānuerat | cānuerāmus | cānuerātis | cānuerant | |
| future perfect | cānuerō | cānueris | cānuerit | cānuerimus | cānueritis | cānuerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cānēscam | cānēscās | cānēscat | cānēscāmus | cānēscātis | cānēscant |
| imperfect | cānēscerem | cānēscerēs | cānēsceret | cānēscerēmus | cānēscerētis | cānēscerent | |
| perfect | cānuerim | cānuerīs | cānuerit | cānuerīmus | cānuerītis | cānuerint | |
| pluperfect | cānuissem | cānuissēs | cānuisset | cānuissēmus | cānuissētis | cānuissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | cānēsce | — | — | cānēscite | — |
| future | — | cānēscitō | cānēscitō | — | cānēscitōte | cānēscuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | cānēscere | cānuisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | cānēscēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| cānēscendī | cānēscendō | cānēscendum | cānēscendō | — | — | ||
Synonyms
- (become white): albēscō
Derived terms
- incānēscō
Related terms
- cāneō
- cānus
Descendants
- Asturian: canecer
- Spanish: canecer
References
- canesco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- canesco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- canesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette