cornesco

Latin

Etymology

From cornū (“horn”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈneːs.koː/, [kɔrˈneːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈnes.ko/, [korˈnɛsko]

Verb

cornēscō (present infinitive cornēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to become like horn; to turn to horn

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cornēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cornēscō	cornēscis	cornēscit	cornēscimus	cornēscitis	cornēscunt
	imperfect	cornēscēbam	cornēscēbās	cornēscēbat	cornēscēbāmus	cornēscēbātis	cornēscēbant
	future	cornēscam	cornēscēs	cornēscet	cornēscēmus	cornēscētis	cornēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cornēscam	cornēscās	cornēscat	cornēscāmus	cornēscātis	cornēscant
imperfect	cornēscerem	cornēscerēs	cornēsceret	cornēscerēmus	cornēscerētis	cornēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cornēsce	—	—	cornēscite	—
	future	—	cornēscitō	cornēscitō	—	cornēscitōte	cornēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cornēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		cornēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cornēscendī	cornēscendō	cornēscendum	cornēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• corneolus
• corneus
• cornicen
• corniculāns
• corniculātus
• corniculum
• cornifer
• corniger
• cornipēs
• cornū
• cornuālis
• cornuārius
• cornuātus
• cornūcōpia
• cornulum
• cornupeta
• cornūtus
• ūnicornis

 

References

• “cornesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cornesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.