Latin edit

Etymology edit

From con- +‎ tābēscō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

contābēscō (present infinitive contābēscere, perfect active contābuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to waste slowly away
  2. to be consumed

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of contābēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present contābēscō contābēscis contābēscit contābēscimus contābēscitis contābēscunt
imperfect contābēscēbam contābēscēbās contābēscēbat contābēscēbāmus contābēscēbātis contābēscēbant
future contābēscam contābēscēs contābēscet contābēscēmus contābēscētis contābēscent
perfect contābuī contābuistī contābuit contābuimus contābuistis contābuērunt,
contābuēre
pluperfect contābueram contābuerās contābuerat contābuerāmus contābuerātis contābuerant
future perfect contābuerō contābueris contābuerit contābuerimus contābueritis contābuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present contābēscam contābēscās contābēscat contābēscāmus contābēscātis contābēscant
imperfect contābēscerem contābēscerēs contābēsceret contābēscerēmus contābēscerētis contābēscerent
perfect contābuerim contābuerīs contābuerit contābuerīmus contābuerītis contābuerint
pluperfect contābuissem contābuissēs contābuisset contābuissēmus contābuissētis contābuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present contābēsce contābēscite
future contābēscitō contābēscitō contābēscitōte contābēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives contābēscere contābuisse
participles contābēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
contābēscendī contābēscendō contābēscendum contābēscendō

References edit

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