languesco

Latin

Etymology

From langueō (“I am weak”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /lanˈɡʷeːs.koː/, [ɫaŋˈɡᶣeːs.koː]

Verb

languēscō (present infinitive languēscere, perfect active languī); third conjugation, no passive

  1. I become faint, weak, languid or sick
  2. I wilt

Inflection
   Conjugation of languesco (third conjugation, 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 languī languistī languit languimus languistis languērunt, languēre
pluperfect langueram languerās languerat languerāmus languerātis languerant
future perfect languerō langueris languerit languerimus langueritis languerint
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 languerim languerīs languerit languerimus langueritis languerint
pluperfect languissem languissēs languisset languissēmus languissētis languissent
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 languisse — — — —
participles languēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
languēscere languēscendī languēscendō languēscendum — —

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
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