frendesco

Latin

Etymology

From frendō (“I gnash”) +‎ -ēscō (alternatively, frendeō +‎ -scō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /frenˈdeːs.koː/, [frɛn̪ˈd̪eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /frenˈdes.ko/, [fren̪ˈd̪ɛsko]

Verb

frendēscō (present infinitive frendēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to begin to gnash with the teeth

Conjugation

Conjugation of frendēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	frendēscō	frendēscis	frendēscit	frendēscimus	frendēscitis	frendēscunt
	imperfect	frendēscēbam	frendēscēbās	frendēscēbat	frendēscēbāmus	frendēscēbātis	frendēscēbant
	future	frendēscam	frendēscēs	frendēscet	frendēscēmus	frendēscētis	frendēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	frendēscam	frendēscās	frendēscat	frendēscāmus	frendēscātis	frendēscant
	imperfect	frendēscerem	frendēscerēs	frendēsceret	frendēscerēmus	frendēscerētis	frendēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	frendēsce	—	—	frendēscite	—
	future	—	frendēscitō	frendēscitō	—	frendēscitōte	frendēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		frendēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		frendēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		frendēscendī	frendēscendō	frendēscendum	frendēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• frendō
• frendor
• nefrēns

References

• “frendesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frendesco in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• frendesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.