languesco

Latin

Etymology

From langueō (“I am weak”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lanˈɡʷeːs.koː/, [ɫ̪äŋˈɡʷeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lanˈɡwes.ko/, [läŋˈɡwɛsko]

Verb

languēscō (present infinitive languēscere, perfect active langüī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to become faint, weak, languid or sick

   Synonyms: cadō, concidō, senēscō, ēlanguēscō, dēgenerō, dēsīdō

   Antonym: valeō

2. to wilt

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	languēscō		languēscis		languēscit		languēscimus		languēscitis		languēscunt
	imperfect	languēscēbam		languēscēbās		languēscēbat		languēscēbāmus		languēscēbātis		languēscēbant
	future	languēscam		languēscēs		languēscet		languēscēmus		languēscētis		languēscent
	perfect	langüī		langüistī		langüit		langüimus		langüistis		langüērunt, langüēre
	pluperfect	langüeram		langüerās		langüerat		langüerāmus		langüerātis		langüerant
	future perfect	langüerō		langüeris		langüerit		langüerimus		langüeritis		langüerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	languēscam		languēscās		languēscat		languēscāmus		languēscātis		languēscant
	imperfect	languēscerem		languēscerēs		languēsceret		languēscerēmus		languēscerētis		languēscerent
	perfect	langüerim		langüerīs		langüerit		langüerīmus		langüerītis		langüerint
	pluperfect	langüissem		langüissēs		langüisset		langüissēmus		langüissētis		langüissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		languēsce		—		—		languēscite		—
	future	—		languēscitō		languēscitō		—		languēscitōte		languēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		languēscere			—			languēscēns			—
perfect		langüisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		languēscendī		languēscendō		languēscendum		languēscendō		—		—

Related terms

• languefaciō
• languēns
• langueō
• languidē
• languidulus
• languidus
• languificus
• languor
• oblanguēscō

Descendants

• >? Portuguese: languescer

References

• “languesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “languesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• languesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate: (in) otio languere et hebescere