languesco

Latin

Etymology

From langueō (“I am weak”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

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 — —

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate: (in) otio languere et hebescere
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