senesco

Latin

Etymology

From seneō (“I am old”) +‎ -ēscō.

Verb

present active senēscō, present infinitive senēscere, perfect active senuī. (no passive)

1. I become aged, grow old, age.
2. (by extension) I decay or diminish in strength, grow weak, weaken; waste away, wane, decline, dwindle.
3. (figuratively, of an occupation) I linger too long.

Inflection

    Third Conjugation No Passive

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	senēscō	senēscis	senēscit	senēscimus	senēscitis	senēscunt
	future	senēscam	senēscēs	senēscet	senēscēmus	senēscētis	senēscent
	imperfect	senēscēbam	senēscēbās	senēscēbat	senēscēbāmus	senēscēbātis	senēscēbant
	perfect	senuī	senuistī	senuit	senuimus	senuistis	senuērunt
	future perfect	senuerō	senueris	senuerit	senuerimus	senueritis	senuerint
	pluperfect	senueram	senuerās	senuerat	senuerāmus	senuerātis	senuerant
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
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	senēsce	senēscitō	senēscitō	—	—	—
	plural	senēscite	senēscitōte	senēscuntō	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		senēscere	senuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		senēscēns (senēscentis)	—	—	—	—	—

Derived terms

• assenēscō
• cōnsenēscō
• dēsenēscō
• īnsenēscō

Related terms

• senātor
• senātōrius
• senātrīx
• senātus

• senectus
• seneō
• senex

References

• senesco in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879