lapidesco

Latin

Etymology

Derived from the oblique stem lapid- of lapis (“stone”) +‎ -ēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /la.piˈdeːs.koː/, [ɫ̪äpɪˈd̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.piˈdes.ko/, [läpiˈd̪ɛsko]

Verb

lapidēscō (present infinitive lapidēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. (intransitive) to petrify, to become stone

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	lapidēscō		lapidēscis		lapidēscit		lapidēscimus		lapidēscitis		lapidēscunt
	imperfect	lapidēscēbam		lapidēscēbās		lapidēscēbat		lapidēscēbāmus		lapidēscēbātis		lapidēscēbant
	future	lapidēscam		lapidēscēs		lapidēscet		lapidēscēmus		lapidēscētis		lapidēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	lapidēscam		lapidēscās		lapidēscat		lapidēscāmus		lapidēscātis		lapidēscant
	imperfect	lapidēscerem		lapidēscerēs		lapidēsceret		lapidēscerēmus		lapidēscerētis		lapidēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		lapidēsce		—		—		lapidēscite		—
	future	—		lapidēscitō		lapidēscitō		—		lapidēscitōte		lapidēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		lapidēscere			—			lapidēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		lapidēscendī		lapidēscendō		lapidēscendum		lapidēscendō		—		—

References

• “lapidesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lapidesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.