languesco

Latin

Etymology

From langueō (“I am weak”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lanˈɡʷeːs.koː/, [ɫ̪äŋˈɡʷeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lanˈɡwes.ko/, [läŋˈɡwɛsko]

Verb

languēscō (present infinitive languēscere, perfect active langŭī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to become faint, weak, languid or sick

   Synonyms: cadō, concidō, senēscō, ēlanguēscō, dēgenerō, dēsīdō

   Antonym: valeō

2. to wilt

Conjugation

Conjugation of languēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	languēscō	languēscis	languēscit	languēscimus	languēscitis	languēscunt
	imperfect	languēscēbam	languēscēbās	languēscēbat	languēscēbāmus	languēscēbātis	languēscēbant
	future	languēscam	languēscēs	languēscet	languēscēmus	languēscētis	languēscent
	perfect	langŭī	langŭistī	langŭit	langŭimus	langŭistis	langŭērunt, langŭēre
	pluperfect	langŭeram	langŭerās	langŭerat	langŭerāmus	langŭerātis	langŭerant
	future perfect	langŭerō	langŭeris	langŭerit	langŭerimus	langŭeritis	langŭerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	languēscam	languēscās	languēscat	languēscāmus	languēscātis	languēscant
	imperfect	languēscerem	languēscerēs	languēsceret	languēscerēmus	languēscerētis	languēscerent
	perfect	langŭerim	langŭerīs	langŭerit	langŭerīmus	langŭerītis	langŭerint
	pluperfect	langŭissem	langŭissēs	langŭisset	langŭissēmus	langŭissētis	langŭissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	languēsce	—	—	languēscite	—
	future	—	languēscitō	languēscitō	—	languēscitōte	languēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		languēscere	langŭisse	—	—	—	—
participles		languēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		languēscendī	languēscendō	languēscendum	languēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• languefaciō
• languēns
• langueō
• languidē
• languidulus
• languidus
• languificus
• languor
• oblanguēscō

Descendants

• >? Portuguese: languescer

References

• “languesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “languesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• languesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate: (in) otio languere et hebescere