compesco

Latin

Alternative forms

• conpescō

Etymology

From con- +‎ parcō (“to refrain from, forbear”) +‎ -scō (“inchoative suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /komˈpes.koː/, [kɔmˈpɛs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpes.ko/, [komˈpɛsko]

Verb

compescō (present infinitive compescere, perfect active compescuī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. to restrain or check
2. to quench
3. to curb
4. to confine
5. to block

Conjugation

• Priscian documents a supine compescitum.

Conjugation of compescō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	compescō	compescis	compescit	compescimus	compescitis	compescunt
	imperfect	compescēbam	compescēbās	compescēbat	compescēbāmus	compescēbātis	compescēbant
	future	compescam	compescēs	compescet	compescēmus	compescētis	compescent
	perfect	compescuī	compescuistī	compescuit	compescuimus	compescuistis	compescuērunt, compescuēre
	pluperfect	compescueram	compescuerās	compescuerat	compescuerāmus	compescuerātis	compescuerant
	future perfect	compescuerō	compescueris	compescuerit	compescuerimus	compescueritis	compescuerint
passive	present	compescor	compesceris, compescere	compescitur	compescimur	compesciminī	compescuntur
	imperfect	compescēbar	compescēbāris, compescēbāre	compescēbātur	compescēbāmur	compescēbāminī	compescēbantur
	future	compescar	compescēris, compescēre	compescētur	compescēmur	compescēminī	compescentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	compescam	compescās	compescat	compescāmus	compescātis	compescant
	imperfect	compescerem	compescerēs	compesceret	compescerēmus	compescerētis	compescerent
	perfect	compescuerim	compescuerīs	compescuerit	compescuerīmus	compescuerītis	compescuerint
	pluperfect	compescuissem	compescuissēs	compescuisset	compescuissēmus	compescuissētis	compescuissent
passive	present	compescar	compescāris, compescāre	compescātur	compescāmur	compescāminī	compescantur
	imperfect	compescerer	compescerēris, compescerēre	compescerētur	compescerēmur	compescerēminī	compescerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	compesce	—	—	compescite	—
	future	—	compescitō	compescitō	—	compescitōte	compescuntō
passive	present	—	compescere	—	—	compesciminī	—
	future	—	compescitor	compescitor	—	—	compescuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		compescere	compescuisse	—	compescī	—	—
participles		compescēns	—	—	—	—	compescendus, compescundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		compescendī	compescendō	compescendum	compescendō	—	—

References

• “compesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• compesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN