frondesco

Latin

Etymology

From frondeō (“I am leafy”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

frondēscō (present infinitive frondēscere, perfect active fronduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to become leafy, leaf out, shoot, put forth greens

Conjugation
   Conjugation of frondēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present frondēscō frondēscis frondēscit frondēscimus frondēscitis frondēscunt
imperfect frondēscēbam frondēscēbās frondēscēbat frondēscēbāmus frondēscēbātis frondēscēbant
future frondēscam frondēscēs frondēscet frondēscēmus frondēscētis frondēscent
perfect fronduī fronduistī fronduit fronduimus fronduistis fronduērunt,
fronduēre
pluperfect frondueram fronduerās fronduerat fronduerāmus fronduerātis fronduerant
future perfect fronduerō frondueris fronduerit fronduerimus frondueritis fronduerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present frondēscam frondēscās frondēscat frondēscāmus frondēscātis frondēscant
imperfect frondēscerem frondēscerēs frondēsceret frondēscerēmus frondēscerētis frondēscerent
perfect fronduerim fronduerīs fronduerit fronduerīmus fronduerītis fronduerint
pluperfect fronduissem fronduissēs fronduisset fronduissēmus fronduissētis fronduissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — frondēsce — — frondēscite —
future — frondēscitō frondēscitō — frondēscitōte frondēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives frondēscere fronduisse — — — —
participles frondēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
frondēscendī frondēscendō frondēscendum frondēscendō — —

Derived terms
  • frondescentia
  • frondescens

Descendants
  • Aromanian: nfrãndzãscu
  • Italian: frondescenza
  • Portuguese: frondescer
  • Romanian: înfrunzi

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