glisco

Latin

Alternative forms

• glīscor

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; proposed derivations include:

• From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”). Cognate with Latin gilvus, helvus and Ancient Greek χλιάω (khliáō, “to be warm”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognates include Latin glaeba, glomus and English clump.

Verb

glīscō (present infinitive glīscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. I swell, spread, blaze up, increase

Conjugation

Conjugation of glīscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	glīscō	glīscis	glīscit	glīscimus	glīscitis	glīscunt
	imperfect	glīscēbam	glīscēbās	glīscēbat	glīscēbāmus	glīscēbātis	glīscēbant
	future	glīscam	glīscēs	glīscet	glīscēmus	glīscētis	glīscent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	glīscam	glīscās	glīscat	glīscāmus	glīscātis	glīscant
	imperfect	glīscerem	glīscerēs	glīsceret	glīscerēmus	glīscerētis	glīscerent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	glīsce	—	—	glīscite	—
	future	—	glīscitō	glīscitō	—	glīscitōte	glīscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		glīscere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		glīscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		glīscendī	glīscendō	glīscendum	glīscendō	—	—

References

• “glisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “glisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• glisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.