acquiesco

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

ad- +‎ quiēscō (“I rest, repose”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ak.kʷiˈeːs.koː/, [ak.kᶣɪˈeːs.koː]

Verb

acquiēscō (present infinitive acquiēscere, perfect active acquiēvī, supine acquiētum); third conjugation

  1. I repose, rest.
  2. (euphemistic) I die, rest in death.
  3. I find comfort or pleasure (in); rejoice (in); occupy myself (in/with)
  4. I am satisfied (with), acquiesce (in).

Inflection
   Conjugation of acquiesco (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acquiēscō acquiēscis acquiēscit acquiēscimus acquiēscitis acquiēscunt
imperfect acquiēscēbam acquiēscēbās acquiēscēbat acquiēscēbāmus acquiēscēbātis acquiēscēbant
future acquiēscam acquiēscēs acquiēscet acquiēscēmus acquiēscētis acquiēscent
perfect acquiēvī acquiēvistī acquiēvit acquiēvimus acquiēvistis acquiēvērunt, acquiēvēre
pluperfect acquiēveram acquiēverās acquiēverat acquiēverāmus acquiēverātis acquiēverant
future perfect acquiēverō acquiēveris acquiēverit acquiēverimus acquiēveritis acquiēverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acquiēscam acquiēscās acquiēscat acquiēscāmus acquiēscātis acquiēscant
imperfect acquiēscerem acquiēscerēs acquiēsceret acquiēscerēmus acquiēscerētis acquiēscerent
perfect acquiēverim acquiēverīs acquiēverit acquiēverimus acquiēveritis acquiēverint
pluperfect acquiēvissem acquiēvissēs acquiēvisset acquiēvissēmus acquiēvissētis acquiēvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — acquiēsce — — acquiēscite —
future — acquiēscitō acquiēscitō — acquiēscitōte acquiēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives acquiēscere acquiēvisse acquiētūrus esse — — —
participles acquiēscēns — acquiētūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
acquiēscere acquiēscendī acquiēscendō acquiēscendum acquiētum acquiētū

Descendants

References
  • acquiesco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • acquiesco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • acquiesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to find recreation in study: in litteris acquiescere or conquiescere
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