frondesco

Latin

Etymology

From frondeō (“I am leafy”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fronˈdeːs.koː/, [frɔn̪ˈd̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fronˈdes.ko/, [fron̪ˈd̪ɛsko]

Verb

frondēscō (present infinitive frondēscere, perfect active fronduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to become leafy, leaf out, shoot, put forth greens

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	frondēscō		frondēscis		frondēscit		frondēscimus		frondēscitis		frondēscunt
	imperfect	frondēscēbam		frondēscēbās		frondēscēbat		frondēscēbāmus		frondēscēbātis		frondēscēbant
	future	frondēscam		frondēscēs		frondēscet		frondēscēmus		frondēscētis		frondēscent
	perfect	fronduī		fronduistī		fronduit		fronduimus		fronduistis		fronduērunt, fronduēre
	pluperfect	frondueram		fronduerās		fronduerat		fronduerāmus		fronduerātis		fronduerant
	future perfect	fronduerō		frondueris		fronduerit		fronduerimus		frondueritis		fronduerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	frondēscam		frondēscās		frondēscat		frondēscāmus		frondēscātis		frondēscant
	imperfect	frondēscerem		frondēscerēs		frondēsceret		frondēscerēmus		frondēscerētis		frondēscerent
	perfect	fronduerim		fronduerīs		fronduerit		fronduerīmus		fronduerītis		fronduerint
	pluperfect	fronduissem		fronduissēs		fronduisset		fronduissēmus		fronduissētis		fronduissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		frondēsce		—		—		frondēscite		—
	future	—		frondēscitō		frondēscitō		—		frondēscitōte		frondēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		frondēscere			—			frondēscēns			—
perfect		fronduisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		frondēscendī		frondēscendō		frondēscendum		frondēscendō		—		—

Derived terms

• frondescentia
• frondescens

Descendants

• Aromanian: nfrãndzãscu
• →⇒ English: frondescence
• →⇒ Italian: frondescenza
• Megleno-Romanian: ạnfrunzǫs
• Portuguese: frondescer
• Romanian: înfrunzi

References

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