rigesco

Latin

Etymology

rigeō (“to be stiff”) +‎ -scō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /riˈɡeːs.koː/, [rɪˈɡeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /riˈd͡ʒes.ko/, [riˈd͡ʒɛsko]

Verb

rigēscō (present infinitive rigēscere, perfect active riguī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to stiffen, harden
2. to grow numb

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rigēscō	rigēscis	rigēscit	rigēscimus	rigēscitis	rigēscunt
	imperfect	rigēscēbam	rigēscēbās	rigēscēbat	rigēscēbāmus	rigēscēbātis	rigēscēbant
	future	rigēscam	rigēscēs	rigēscet	rigēscēmus	rigēscētis	rigēscent
	perfect	riguī	riguistī	riguit	riguimus	riguistis	riguērunt, riguēre
	pluperfect	rigueram	riguerās	riguerat	riguerāmus	riguerātis	riguerant
	future perfect	riguerō	rigueris	riguerit	riguerimus	rigueritis	riguerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rigēscam	rigēscās	rigēscat	rigēscāmus	rigēscātis	rigēscant
imperfect	rigēscerem	rigēscerēs	rigēsceret	rigēscerēmus	rigēscerētis	rigēscerent
perfect	riguerim	riguerīs	riguerit	riguerīmus	riguerītis	riguerint
pluperfect	riguissem	riguissēs	riguisset	riguissēmus	riguissētis	riguissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rigēsce	—	—	rigēscite	—
	future	—	rigēscitō	rigēscitō	—	rigēscitōte	rigēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rigēscere	riguisse	—	—	—	—
participles		rigēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		rigēscendī	rigēscendō	rigēscendum	rigēscendō	—	—

Derived terms

• dērigēscō

References

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