frutescens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of New Latin frutēscō, possibly formed from frutex (“shrub”) and the inchoative verbal suffix -ēscō (“to become”).

Participle

frutēscēns (genitive frutēscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. (New Latin) [being] shrublike (used as specific epithet in binomial nomenclature).

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	frutēscēns			frutēscentēs	frutēscentia
Genitive	frutēscentis			frutēscentium
Dative	frutēscentī			frutēscentibus
Accusative	frutēscentem	frutēscēns		frutēscentēs frutēscentīs	frutēscentia
Ablative	frutēscente frutēscentī1			frutēscentibus
Vocative	frutēscēns			frutēscentēs	frutēscentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• frutescent
• Capsicum frutescens