lucesco

Latin

Alternative forms

lūcīscō

Etymology

From lūceō (“shine”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /luːˈkeːs.koː/

Verb

lūcēscō (defective conjugation)

I begin to shine
(impersonal) it dawns (grows light)

Inflection

This verb is defective, with only those forms based on the first principal part.

Conjugation of lucesco (third conjugation, defective)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lūcescō	lūcescis	lūcescit	lūcescimus	lūcescitis	lūcescunt
	imperfect	lūcescēbam	lūcescēbās	lūcescēbat	lūcescēbāmus	lūcescēbātis	lūcescēbant
	future	lūcescam	lūcescēs	lūcescet	lūcescēmus	lūcescētis	lūcescent
passive	present	lūcescor	lūcesceris, lūcescere	lūcescitur	lūcescimur	lūcesciminī	lūcescuntur
	imperfect	lūcescēbar	lūcescēbāris, lūcescēbāre	lūcescēbātur	lūcescēbāmur	lūcescēbāminī	lūcescēbantur
	future	lūcescar	lūcescēris, lūcescēre	lūcescētur	lūcescēmur	lūcescēminī	lūcescentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lūcescam	lūcescās	lūcescat	lūcescāmus	lūcescātis	lūcescant
active	imperfect	lūcescerem	lūcescerēs	lūcesceret	lūcescerēmus	lūcescerētis	lūcescerent
passive	present	lūcescar	lūcescāris, lūcescāre	lūcescātur	lūcescāmur	lūcescāminī	lūcescantur
passive	imperfect	lūcescerer	lūcescerēris, lūcescerēre	lūcescerētur	lūcescerēmur	lūcescerēminī	lūcescerentur
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lūcesce	—	—	lūcescite	—
active	future	—	lūcescitō	lūcescitō	—	lūcescitōte	lūcescuntō
passive	present	—	lūcescere	—	—	lūcesciminī	—
passive	future	—	lūcescitor	lūcescitor	—	—	lūcescuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lūcescere	—	—	lūcescī	—	—
participles		lūcescēns	—	—	—	—	lūcescendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		lūcescere	lūcescendī	lūcescendō	lūcescendum	—	—

Related terms

lūceō

Descendants

Aromanian: lutsescu (in part)
Catalan: lluir (in part)
Friulian: lusî (in part)
Romanian: luci (in part)

References

lucesco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
lucesco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
lucesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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