liquesco

Latin[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /liˈkʷeːs.koː/, [lʲɪˈkʷeːs̠koː]

liquēscō (present infinitive liquēscere, perfect active licuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

to melt, liquefy
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 8.445:
  Fluit aes riuis aurique metallum, uulnificusque chalybs uasta fornace liquescit.
  Bronze and golden ore flowed in streams, and steel, that deals wounds, melted in a vast furnace.

Conjugation of liquēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	liquēscō	liquēscis	liquēscit	liquēscimus	liquēscitis	liquēscunt
	imperfect	liquēscēbam	liquēscēbās	liquēscēbat	liquēscēbāmus	liquēscēbātis	liquēscēbant
	future	liquēscam	liquēscēs	liquēscet	liquēscēmus	liquēscētis	liquēscent
	perfect	licuī	licuistī	licuit	licuimus	licuistis	licuērunt, licuēre
	pluperfect	licueram	licuerās	licuerat	licuerāmus	licuerātis	licuerant
	future perfect	licuerō	licueris	licuerit	licuerimus	licueritis	licuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	liquēscam	liquēscās	liquēscat	liquēscāmus	liquēscātis	liquēscant
	imperfect	liquēscerem	liquēscerēs	liquēsceret	liquēscerēmus	liquēscerētis	liquēscerent
	perfect	licuerim	licuerīs	licuerit	licuerīmus	licuerītis	licuerint
	pluperfect	licuissem	licuissēs	licuisset	licuissēmus	licuissētis	licuissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	liquēsce	—	—	liquēscite	—
active	future	—	liquēscitō	liquēscitō	—	liquēscitōte	liquēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		liquēscere	licuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		liquēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		liquēscendī	liquēscendō	liquēscendum	liquēscendō	—	—

“liquesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“liquesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
liquesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
liquesco in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968