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 passive, no supine stem)

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		dulcuēre, dulcuērunt
	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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dulcēscere			—			dulcēscēns			—
perfect		dulcuisse			—			—			—
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.