dulcesco

Latin

Etymology

From dulcis (“sweet”) +‎ -ēscō.

Verb

dulcēscō (present infinitive dulcēscere, perfect active dulcuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to become sweet

   Antonym: amārēscō

Conjugation

Conjugation of dulcēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dulcēscō	dulcēscis	dulcēscit	dulcēscimus	dulcēscitis	dulcēscunt
	imperfect	dulcēscēbam	dulcēscēbās	dulcēscēbat	dulcēscēbāmus	dulcēscēbātis	dulcēscēbant
	future	dulcēscam	dulcēscēs	dulcēscet	dulcēscēmus	dulcēscētis	dulcēscent
	perfect	dulcuī	dulcuistī	dulcuit	dulcuimus	dulcuistis	dulcuērunt, dulcuēre
	pluperfect	dulcueram	dulcuerās	dulcuerat	dulcuerāmus	dulcuerātis	dulcuerant
	future perfect	dulcuerō	dulcueris	dulcuerit	dulcuerimus	dulcueritis	dulcuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dulcēscam	dulcēscās	dulcēscat	dulcēscāmus	dulcēscātis	dulcēscant
	imperfect	dulcēscerem	dulcēscerēs	dulcēsceret	dulcēscerēmus	dulcēscerētis	dulcēscerent
	perfect	dulcuerim	dulcuerīs	dulcuerit	dulcuerīmus	dulcuerītis	dulcuerint
	pluperfect	dulcuissem	dulcuissēs	dulcuisset	dulcuissēmus	dulcuissētis	dulcuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dulcēsce	—	—	dulcēscite	—
	future	—	dulcēscitō	dulcēscitō	—	dulcēscitōte	dulcēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dulcēscere	dulcuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		dulcēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dulcēscendī	dulcēscendō	dulcēscendum	dulcēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• dulcacidus
• dulcātor
• dulcēdō
• dulcia
• dulciārius
• dulciculus
• dulcifer
• dulcificō
• dulciloquus
• dulcimodus
• dulcinervis
• dulciolum
• dulciōrelocus
• dulcis
• dulcisonōrus
• dulcisonus
• dulcitās
• dulciter
• dulcitūdō
• dulcō
• dulcor
• dulcōrō

 

Descendants

(See also *indulcīre.)

References

• “dulcesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dulcesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dulcesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.