evanesco

Latin

Etymology

From ex- ‎(“out of”) +‎ vānēscō ‎(“disappear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eː.waːˈneːs.koː/

Verb

ēvānēscō ‎(present infinitive ēvānēscere, perfect active ēvānuī); third conjugation, no passive

1. I vanish or disappear
2. I fade away, or die out
3. I lapse

Inflection

Conjugation of evanesco (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēvānēscō	ēvānēscis	ēvānēscit	ēvānēscimus	ēvānēscitis	ēvānēscunt
	imperfect	ēvānēscēbam	ēvānēscēbās	ēvānēscēbat	ēvānēscēbāmus	ēvānēscēbātis	ēvānēscēbant
	future	ēvānēscam	ēvānēscēs	ēvānēscet	ēvānēscēmus	ēvānēscētis	ēvānēscent
	perfect	ēvānuī	ēvānuistī	ēvānuit	ēvānuimus	ēvānuistis	ēvānuērunt, ēvānuēre
	pluperfect	ēvānueram	ēvānuerās	ēvānuerat	ēvānuerāmus	ēvānuerātis	ēvānuerant
	future perfect	ēvānuerō	ēvānueris	ēvānuerit	ēvānuerimus	ēvānueritis	ēvānuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēvānēscam	ēvānēscās	ēvānēscat	ēvānēscāmus	ēvānēscātis	ēvānēscant
	imperfect	ēvānēscerem	ēvānēscerēs	ēvānēsceret	ēvānēscerēmus	ēvānēscerētis	ēvānēscerent
	perfect	ēvānuerim	ēvānuerīs	ēvānuerit	ēvānuerīmus	ēvānuerītis	ēvānuerint
	pluperfect	ēvānuissem	ēvānuissēs	ēvānuisset	ēvānuissēmus	ēvānuissētis	ēvānuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ēvānēsce	—	—	ēvānēscite	—
	future	—	ēvānēscitō	ēvānēscitō	—	ēvānēscitōte	ēvānēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ēvānēscere	ēvānuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		ēvānēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		ēvānēscere	ēvānēscendī	ēvānēscendō	ēvānēscendum	—	—

Descendants

• English: vanish
• French: évanouir
• Spanish: evanescer

Related terms

• vānēscō

References

• evanesco in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• evanesco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• evanesco in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be forgotten, pass into oblivion: memoria alicuius rei obscuratur, obliteratur, evanescit
    
  • those views are out of date: illae sententiae evanuerunt
    
  • hope is vanishing by degrees: spes extenuatur et evanescit
    

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Spanish

Verb

evanesco

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of evanescer.