frendesco

Latin

Etymology

From frendō (“I gnash”) +‎ -ēscō (alternatively, frendeō +‎ -scō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /frenˈdeːs.koː/, [frɛn̪ˈd̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /frenˈdes.ko/, [fren̪ˈd̪ɛsko]

Verb

frendēscō (present infinitive frendēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to begin to gnash with the teeth

Conjugation

   Conjugation of frendēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	frendēscō		frendēscis		frendēscit		frendēscimus		frendēscitis		frendēscunt
	imperfect	frendēscēbam		frendēscēbās		frendēscēbat		frendēscēbāmus		frendēscēbātis		frendēscēbant
	future	frendēscam		frendēscēs		frendēscet		frendēscēmus		frendēscētis		frendēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	frendēscam		frendēscās		frendēscat		frendēscāmus		frendēscātis		frendēscant
	imperfect	frendēscerem		frendēscerēs		frendēsceret		frendēscerēmus		frendēscerētis		frendēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		frendēsce		—		—		frendēscite		—
	future	—		frendēscitō		frendēscitō		—		frendēscitōte		frendēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		frendēscere			—			frendēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		frendēscendī		frendēscendō		frendēscendum		frendēscendō		—		—

Related terms

• frendō
• frendor
• nefrēns

References

• “frendesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frendesco in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• frendesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.