drenso

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Initial /dr/ does not occur in inherited Latin words that underwent regular development. Possibly onomatopoeic. If borrowed from a Celtic or Germanic language, could be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰrēn- (“drone; to murmur”): initial *dʰ developed to /f/ in Latin, but to /d/ in those language groups. Compare English drone, dor and Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “dirge, lament”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdren.soː/, [ˈd̪rẽːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdren.so/, [ˈd̪rɛnso]

Verb

drēnsō (present infinitive drēnsāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. (intransitive, of swans) to cry

Conjugation

No perfect is attested.

   Conjugation of drēnsō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active-only)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	drēnsō		drēnsās		drēnsat		drēnsāmus		drēnsātis		drēnsant
	imperfect	drēnsābam		drēnsābās		drēnsābat		drēnsābāmus		drēnsābātis		drēnsābant
	future	drēnsābō		drēnsābis		drēnsābit		drēnsābimus		drēnsābitis		drēnsābunt
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	drēnsem		drēnsēs		drēnset		drēnsēmus		drēnsētis		drēnsent
	imperfect	drēnsārem		drēnsārēs		drēnsāret		drēnsārēmus		drēnsārētis		drēnsārent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		drēnsā		—		—		drēnsāte		—
	future	—		drēnsātō		drēnsātō		—		drēnsātōte		drēnsantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		drēnsāre			—			drēnsāns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		drēnsandī		drēnsandō		drēnsandum		drēnsandō		—		—

References

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