marcesco

Latin

Etymology

From marceō (“I wither”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /marˈkeːs.koː/, [märˈkeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /marˈt͡ʃes.ko/, [märˈt͡ʃɛsko]

Verb

marcēscō (present infinitive marcēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to begin to wither, pine away; to grow feeble
2. to pine or languish

Conjugation

• The perfect marcuī is attested post-Classically.

Conjugation of marcēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	marcēscō	marcēscis	marcēscit	marcēscimus	marcēscitis	marcēscunt
	imperfect	marcēscēbam	marcēscēbās	marcēscēbat	marcēscēbāmus	marcēscēbātis	marcēscēbant
	future	marcēscam	marcēscēs	marcēscet	marcēscēmus	marcēscētis	marcēscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	marcēscam	marcēscās	marcēscat	marcēscāmus	marcēscātis	marcēscant
	imperfect	marcēscerem	marcēscerēs	marcēsceret	marcēscerēmus	marcēscerētis	marcēscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	marcēsce	—	—	marcēscite	—
	future	—	marcēscitō	marcēscitō	—	marcēscitōte	marcēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		marcēscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		marcēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		marcēscendī	marcēscendō	marcēscendum	marcēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• marcidulus
• marcidus
• marcor
• marculentus
• marcēns

 

References

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