macesco

Latin

Etymology

From maceō (“I am lean, meagre”) +‎ -scō.

Verb

macēscō (present infinitive macēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to become thin, lean
2. to become meagre
3. to wither (of plants)

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	macēscō		macēscis		macēscit		macēscimus		macēscitis		macēscunt
	imperfect	macēscēbam		macēscēbās		macēscēbat		macēscēbāmus		macēscēbātis		macēscēbant
	future	macēscam		macēscēs		macēscet		macēscēmus		macēscētis		macēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	macēscam		macēscās		macēscat		macēscāmus		macēscātis		macēscant
	imperfect	macēscerem		macēscerēs		macēsceret		macēscerēmus		macēscerētis		macēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		macēsce		—		—		macēscite		—
	future	—		macēscitō		macēscitō		—		macēscitōte		macēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		macēscere			—			macēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		macēscendī		macēscendō		macēscendum		macēscendō		—		—

References

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