compesco

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From con- +‎ parcō (“to refrain from, forbear”) +‎ -scō (“inchoative suffix”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈpes.koː/, [kɔmˈpɛs.koː]

Verb

compescō (present infinitive compescere, perfect active compescuī); third conjugation, no passive

  1. I restrain or check
  2. I quench
  3. I curb
  4. I confine
  5. I block

Inflection
   Conjugation of compesco (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present compescō compescis compescit compescimus compescitis compescunt
imperfect compescēbam compescēbās compescēbat compescēbāmus compescēbātis compescēbant
future compescam compescēs compescet compescēmus compescētis compescent
perfect compescuī compescuistī compescuit compescuimus compescuistis compescuērunt, compescuēre
pluperfect compescueram compescuerās compescuerat compescuerāmus compescuerātis compescuerant
future perfect compescuerō compescueris compescuerit compescuerimus compescueritis compescuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present compescam compescās compescat compescāmus compescātis compescant
imperfect compescerem compescerēs compesceret compescerēmus compescerētis compescerent
perfect compescuerim compescuerīs compescuerit compescuerimus compescueritis compescuerint
pluperfect compescuissem compescuissēs compescuisset compescuissēmus compescuissētis compescuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — compesce — — compescite —
future — compescitō compescitō — compescitōte compescuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives compescere compescuisse — — — —
participles compescēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
compescere compescendī compescendō compescendum — —

References
  • compesco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • compesco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • compesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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