-sco
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *-skō, from Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti.
Suffix
-scō (present infinitive -scere, perfect active -ī, supine -um); third conjugation
- Forms inchoative verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to start to (verb), to begin to (verb)".
Conjugation
This suffix only forms the first principal part; the perfect and supine stems used vary according to the verb (e.g. adolēscō, adoluī, adultum).
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). It is also attested as having a rare sigmatic future passive indicative form ("will have been"), which is not attested in the plural for any verb.
Derived terms
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus.
Suffix
-sco m (feminine -sca, plural -scos, feminine plural -scas)
- Forms adjectives that signify "relation" to the word stem.
Derived terms
Further reading
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin lemmas
- Latin suffixes
- Latin verb-forming suffixes
- Spanish terms derived from Late Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish suffixes
- Spanish masculine suffixes
- Spanish terms derived from Latin