senesco

Latin

Etymology

From seneō (“I am old”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seˈneːs.koː/, [s̠ɛˈneːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈnes.ko/, [seˈnɛsko]

Verb

senēscō (present infinitive senēscere, perfect active senuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to become aged, grow old, age
2. (by extension) to decay or diminish in strength, grow weak, weaken; waste away, wane, decline, dwindle

   Synonyms: cadō, concidō, ēlanguēscō, languēscō, prōlābor, dēgenerō, dēsīdō

   Antonym: valeō

3. (figuratively, of an occupation) to grow old or gray in an occupation (i. e. linger too long.)
4. to waste away, fall off, wane, decline

   Synonyms: dēgenerō, dēsīdō, cadō, inclīnō

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	senēscō	senēscis	senēscit	senēscimus	senēscitis	senēscunt
	imperfect	senēscēbam	senēscēbās	senēscēbat	senēscēbāmus	senēscēbātis	senēscēbant
	future	senēscam	senēscēs	senēscet	senēscēmus	senēscētis	senēscent
	perfect	senuī	senuistī	senuit	senuimus	senuistis	senuērunt, senuēre
	pluperfect	senueram	senuerās	senuerat	senuerāmus	senuerātis	senuerant
	future perfect	senuerō	senueris	senuerit	senuerimus	senueritis	senuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	senēscam	senēscās	senēscat	senēscāmus	senēscātis	senēscant
	imperfect	senēscerem	senēscerēs	senēsceret	senēscerēmus	senēscerētis	senēscerent
	perfect	senuerim	senuerīs	senuerit	senuerīmus	senuerītis	senuerint
	pluperfect	senuissem	senuissēs	senuisset	senuissēmus	senuissētis	senuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	senēsce	—	—	senēscite	—
	future	—	senēscitō	senēscitō	—	senēscitōte	senēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		senēscere	senuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		senēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		senēscendī	senēscendō	senēscendum	senēscendō	—	—

Derived terms

• assenēscō
• cōnsenēscō
• dēsenēscō
• īnsenēscō

Related terms

• senātor
• senātōrius
• senātrīx
• senātus
• senectus
• seneō
• senex

References

• “senesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “senesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• senesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit