marcesco

Latin

Etymology

From marceō (“I wither”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

marcēscō (present infinitive marcēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to begin to wither, pine away; to grow feeble
  2. to pine or languish

Conjugation
  • The perfect marcuī is attested post-Classically.
   Conjugation of marcēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present marcēscō marcēscis marcēscit marcēscimus marcēscitis marcēscunt
imperfect marcēscēbam marcēscēbās marcēscēbat marcēscēbāmus marcēscēbātis marcēscēbant
future marcēscam marcēscēs marcēscet marcēscēmus marcēscētis marcēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present marcēscam marcēscās marcēscat marcēscāmus marcēscātis marcēscant
imperfect marcēscerem marcēscerēs marcēsceret marcēscerēmus marcēscerētis marcēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — marcēsce — — marcēscite —
future — marcēscitō marcēscitō — marcēscitōte marcēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives marcēscere — — — — —
participles marcēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
marcēscendī marcēscendō marcēscendum marcēscendō — —

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