hisco

Latin

Etymology

From hiō (“to yawn, gape”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiːs.koː/, [ˈiːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ko/, [ˈisko]

Verb

hīscō (present infinitive hīscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

1. (intransitive) to yawn, gape, open
2. (intransitive) to open the mouth, mutter, murmur
3. (transitive) to speak, utter

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	hīscō		hīscis		hīscit		hīscimus		hīscitis		hīscunt
	imperfect	hīscēbam		hīscēbās		hīscēbat		hīscēbāmus		hīscēbātis		hīscēbant
	future	hīscam		hīscēs		hīscet		hīscēmus		hīscētis		hīscent
passive	present	hīscor		hīscere, hīsceris		hīscitur		hīscimur		hīsciminī		hīscuntur
	imperfect	hīscēbar		hīscēbāre, hīscēbāris		hīscēbātur		hīscēbāmur		hīscēbāminī		hīscēbantur
	future	hīscar		hīscēre, hīscēris		hīscētur		hīscēmur		hīscēminī		hīscentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	hīscam		hīscās		hīscat		hīscāmus		hīscātis		hīscant
	imperfect	hīscerem		hīscerēs		hīsceret		hīscerēmus		hīscerētis		hīscerent
passive	present	hīscar		hīscāre, hīscāris		hīscātur		hīscāmur		hīscāminī		hīscantur
	imperfect	hīscerer		hīscerēre, hīscerēris		hīscerētur		hīscerēmur		hīscerēminī		hīscerentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		hīsce		—		—		hīscite		—
	future	—		hīscitō		hīscitō		—		hīscitōte		hīscuntō
passive	present	—		hīscere		—		—		hīsciminī		—
	future	—		hīscitor		hīscitor		—		—		hīscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		hīscere			hīscī			hīscēns			—
future		—			—			—			hīscendus, hīscundus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		hīscendī		hīscendō		hīscendum		hīscendō		—		—

Derived terms

• circumhīscō
• dĕhīscō

References

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