flaccesco

Latin

Alternative forms

• flaccīscō

Etymology

From flacceō (“to be flabby, flaccid”) +‎ -scō, from flaccus (“flabby, flaccid”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /flakˈkeːs.koː/, [fɫ̪äkˈkeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flatˈt͡ʃes.ko/, [flätˈt͡ʃɛsko]

Verb

flaccēscō (present infinitive flaccēscere, perfect active flaccuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to wilt or wither, droop or languish
2. to (begin to) flag

Conjugation

   Conjugation of flaccēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	flaccēscō		flaccēscis		flaccēscit		flaccēscimus		flaccēscitis		flaccēscunt
	imperfect	flaccēscēbam		flaccēscēbās		flaccēscēbat		flaccēscēbāmus		flaccēscēbātis		flaccēscēbant
	future	flaccēscam		flaccēscēs		flaccēscet		flaccēscēmus		flaccēscētis		flaccēscent
	perfect	flaccuī		flaccuistī		flaccuit		flaccuimus		flaccuistis		flaccuērunt, flaccuēre
	pluperfect	flaccueram		flaccuerās		flaccuerat		flaccuerāmus		flaccuerātis		flaccuerant
	future perfect	flaccuerō		flaccueris		flaccuerit		flaccuerimus		flaccueritis		flaccuerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	flaccēscam		flaccēscās		flaccēscat		flaccēscāmus		flaccēscātis		flaccēscant
	imperfect	flaccēscerem		flaccēscerēs		flaccēsceret		flaccēscerēmus		flaccēscerētis		flaccēscerent
	perfect	flaccuerim		flaccuerīs		flaccuerit		flaccuerīmus		flaccuerītis		flaccuerint
	pluperfect	flaccuissem		flaccuissēs		flaccuisset		flaccuissēmus		flaccuissētis		flaccuissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		flaccēsce		—		—		flaccēscite		—
	future	—		flaccēscitō		flaccēscitō		—		flaccēscitōte		flaccēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		flaccēscere			—			flaccēscēns			—
perfect		flaccuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		flaccēscendī		flaccēscendō		flaccēscendum		flaccēscendō		—		—

Related terms

• flacceō

References

• “flaccesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “flaccesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flaccesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• flaccesco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016