lucesco

Latin

Alternative forms

• lūcīscō

Etymology

From lūceō (“shine”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luːˈkeːs.koː/, [ɫ̪uːˈkeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈt͡ʃes.ko/, [luˈt͡ʃɛsko]

Verb

lūcēscō (present infinitive lūcēscere, perfect active lūxī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to begin to shine
2. (impersonal) to dawn (growslight)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of lūcēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lūcēscō	lūcēscis	lūcēscit	lūcēscimus	lūcēscitis	lūcēscunt
	imperfect	lūcēscēbam	lūcēscēbās	lūcēscēbat	lūcēscēbāmus	lūcēscēbātis	lūcēscēbant
	future	lūcēscam	lūcēscēs	lūcēscet	lūcēscēmus	lūcēscētis	lūcēscent
	perfect	lūxī	lūxistī	lūxit	lūximus	lūxistis	lūxērunt, lūxēre
	pluperfect	lūxeram	lūxerās	lūxerat	lūxerāmus	lūxerātis	lūxerant
	future perfect	lūxerō	lūxeris	lūxerit	lūxerimus	lūxeritis	lūxerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lūcēscam	lūcēscās	lūcēscat	lūcēscāmus	lūcēscātis	lūcēscant
imperfect	lūcēscerem	lūcēscerēs	lūcēsceret	lūcēscerēmus	lūcēscerētis	lūcēscerent
perfect	lūxerim	lūxerīs	lūxerit	lūxerīmus	lūxerītis	lūxerint
pluperfect	lūxissem	lūxissēs	lūxisset	lūxissēmus	lūxissētis	lūxissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lūcēsce	—	—	lūcēscite	—
	future	—	lūcēscitō	lūcēscitō	—	lūcēscitōte	lūcēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lūcēscere	lūxisse	—	—	—	—
participles		lūcēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lūcēscendī	lūcēscendō	lūcēscendum	lūcēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• lūceō

Descendants

• see: lūceō

References

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